Reaching the Other Side:; The Journal of an American Who Stayed to Witness Vietnam's Postwar Transition
New York: Crown Publishers, 1978. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. 23 cm. [6], 281, [1] pages. Illustrations. The author was a young Mennonite who went to Vietnam to help people in need. Caught up in the war, he was accused of being a North Vietnam spy and a CIA agent. The journal overflows with the stories of people who have sojourned in hell: soldiers and farmers, heroes and victims, teachers and torturers, the doers and the done-to. What emerges is a collective portrait of a modest, inventive, tenacious people who braved three decades of fire-storm. The author spent a total of five years in Vietnam. Condition: Very good / Very good.
Keywords: Missionaries, Espionage, Vietnam, Quang Ngai, Saigon, Viet Cong, CIA, Communism, Prisoners
ISBN: 0517533154
[Book #20984]
Price: $35.00