Chickenhawk
by Robert Mason
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Author: Robert MasonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-06-01
ISBN: 0670215821
Number of pages: 339
Publisher: Viking Adult
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Book Review: Hats Off-Very Well Done
Summary: 5 Stars
I read the book and listenned to the audiotape with L.J. Ganser as the reader/narrator. What a powerful experience! Mason's words and Ganser's voice made it seem like a friend was telling about his life. It brought back so many memories of a time when this country was in such turmoil and confusion. Robert Mason and I are roughly the same age and his experiences as a young man were so different than my own. The danger he faced while flying Hueys in Happy Valley is mind boggling. His ability to convey the experience helps others learn and hopefully respect and honor him and all the others who were put in that situation. It was an ugly, horrible time in our history.His words come as close as any to describing the daily routine of facing death and the power of the mind to defend itself by using humor and diversions. Mason has done a masterful job. I think every American, especially the youth of today, should read this powerful memoir.
Summary of Chickenhawk
More than half a million copies of Chickenhawk have been sold since it was first published in 1983. Now with a new afterword by the author and photographs taken by him during the conflict, this straight-from-the-shoulder account tells the electrifying truth about the helicopter war in Vietnam. This is Robert Mason?s astounding personal story of men at war. A veteran of more than one thousand combat missions, Mason gives staggering descriptions that cut to the heart of the combat experience: the fear and belligerence, the quiet insights and raging madness, the lasting friendships and sudden death?the extreme emotions of a ?chickenhawk? in constant danger.Biographies & Memoirs Books
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