Ebook1,269 pages12 hours
Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
()
About this ebook
This new edition of a classic book on the impact of the Vietnam War on Americans reintroduces the haunted voices of the Vietnam era to a new generation of readers.
Based on more than 500 interviews, Long Time Passing is journalist Myra MacPherson’s acclaimed exploration of the wounds, pride, and guilt of those who fought and those who refused to fight the war that continues to envelop the psyche of this nation. In a new introduction, Myra MacPherson reflects on what has changed, and what hasn’t, in the years since these interviews were conducted, explains the key points of reference from the 1980s that feature prominently in them, and brings the stories of her principal characters up to date.
“A haunting chorus of voices, a moving deeply disturbing evocation of an era.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A brilliant and necessary book . . . this stunning depiction of Vietnam’s bitter fruit is calculated to agitate even the most complacent American.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“There have been many books on the Vietnam War, but few have captured its second life as memory better than Long Time Passing.” —Washington Post Book World
“Enthralling reading . . . full of deep and strong emotions.” —New York Times
Based on more than 500 interviews, Long Time Passing is journalist Myra MacPherson’s acclaimed exploration of the wounds, pride, and guilt of those who fought and those who refused to fight the war that continues to envelop the psyche of this nation. In a new introduction, Myra MacPherson reflects on what has changed, and what hasn’t, in the years since these interviews were conducted, explains the key points of reference from the 1980s that feature prominently in them, and brings the stories of her principal characters up to date.
“A haunting chorus of voices, a moving deeply disturbing evocation of an era.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A brilliant and necessary book . . . this stunning depiction of Vietnam’s bitter fruit is calculated to agitate even the most complacent American.” —Philadelphia Inquirer
“There have been many books on the Vietnam War, but few have captured its second life as memory better than Long Time Passing.” —Washington Post Book World
“Enthralling reading . . . full of deep and strong emotions.” —New York Times
Author
Myra MacPherson
Myra MacPherson is the author of three previous books, including the Vietnam War classic Long Time Passing. She was a highly regarded journalist at the Washington Post for many years, and has also written for the New York Times and numerous magazines, including Vanity Fair. She lives in Palm Desert, California, and Washington, D.C.
Related to Long Time Passing
Related ebooks
Elsie and Mairi Go to War Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5Lives of the Saints Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Spoon River Anthology Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Carnivore Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBanner of the Stars: Volume 3 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsStudy Guide to Silas Marner and Middlemarch by George Eliot Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Key Largo (Original Play - Adapted by David Serero) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLife in the Iron Mills Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsAll Monsters Must Die: An Excursion to North Korea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsA Very Strange Man: A Memoir of Aidan Higgins Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWhere The Water Meets The Sand Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Scarlet Letter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Aeneid Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSauve Qui Peut: Stories Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Study Guide for Zora Neale Hurston's "Gilded Six-Bits" Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIrish-American Autobiography: The Divided Hearts of Athletes, Priests, Pilgrims, and More Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Essential W. B. Yeats Collection Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Octopus: A Story of California Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsRuptures in the Everyday: Views of Modern Germany from the Ground Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsWayfaring Stranger Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Monk: A Romance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Western Star Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Almost Perfect Murder Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsComparative Stylistics of Welsh and English: Arddulleg y Gymraeg Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Iran: Where Mass Murderers Rule: The 1988 Massacre of 30,000 Political Prisoners and the Continuing Atrocities Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Curling Letters of the Zulu War: There Was Awful Slaughter Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsPoems Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsMore Tales by Polish Authors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIf Winter Comes: The Bestseller of 1922 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
United States History For You
Disloyal: A Memoir: The True Story of the Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Reset: And the War for the World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln's Killer: An Edgar Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Great Awakening: Defeating the Globalists and Launching the Next Great Renaissance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A People's History of the United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5U.S. History 101: Historic Events, Key People, Important Locations, and More! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: Revised and Complete Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Killing the Guys Who Killed the Guy Who Killed Lincoln: A Nutty Story About Edwin Booth and Boston Corbett Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fourth Turning Is Here: What the Seasons of History Tell Us about How and When This Crisis Will End Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of the Donner Party Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/51776 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Fifties Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Library Book Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Long Time Passing
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
5/5
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Long Time Passing - Myra MacPherson
d book_preview_excerpt.html ݒǑ.*i ת4?FZ@dJvVf1#+;-VIֿ##93gU῟W_}ơv_}_}궓i36}W}/?>O}~ͳ''/ys|#6bcu7m>*2Ķ56zs?uꮩw?SbWW>(+|:N#~T":4)^U/ʟM:l[|?N0Vu>_We}butFެ\eЬXqn㟾lEXoAx0X{|Vc-|`nrxX[yNVzܠ0T9{Y?5q/qtwXtĥC=Fod#zO2\=w|q}n?lb'/t
C%e4.VoGSڗۮ'|K2qtl:nI*wrgY=\ʻco6ANq6{Y+NW/黴Y17IJ6C)A _D՜جfݗ+bSORB~Qt}hq.crrEYɟD|Wr'o^<͛OO'^>yɷook_>(]ȃ{ᄕ:Q/j!ֲ^7$d5ȑFd8rUj';"fOǞrSUZA&'RXEJt("qg/
D]ɷC-o^/o0Dz6jI |?UaGI䏋#> S2Y]b:vU{\y(1y7Ze-$bl"1WJ:jy0eApSơs-Ud7r?&EO7iXFNyodE~ŀD
f\Zk
}Qh[ZUX8}Uyd,Ddc{C*fY$By+^l@?MvE;&-AO0Qx&B%_é?l8"Mi!KXG(ꤶC]>1}b#O!u ^WR(?~5(Tyҿ5ǟ~GaQuUp1p}Kw{'pN^6 #P~Y؋7?mM+3&)ت.l4|B&QC`*->:F,; SDaCÕ=Y[ݣr5t.۫^j1lZ½f-!UՖC"^U ˰RgÒ]Y#2dv}tSgI}/AѤj#0V-B
~XWqipXe'j>pvoϮlʐԙĪJwawZs+ŋmR^Tu_VG*4A"&Jý";!AJSO
UPqc_WxIͫzتEa~#|Ek#xh% 2Iv҄\S]DNrfg{eINf-§ό{zC'SzwWTY~s&xeIU吕ҌYYeR\QuX@IB2C5Ӭʲt:~,sHGt p4AsG?<{r!Y9.N)q&5^+LLWbQ.2/@\Q@ae)H}kԊs3T"?b<͢3&QTDWT1L]בeB5OEm,W7GC)EIԲgBJ+f8ż5wSbƯxa1W|y߸XnFn{xH%nP").EԹ{ģE)c?NݮefQV ~u<;q4dsfG@mo'i1wGMhAq4E_`BC=ٌ /;
ó[=dt֙WR])n&"%<;Pņr#gLr