Chickenhawk: Back in the World: Life After Vietnam - Softcover

Mason, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140158766 ISBN 13: 9780140158762

Publisher: Penguin Books, 1994

Synopsis

From the author of the bestselling autobiography Chickenhawk--selling over 540,000 copies--comes a triumphant sequel that reveals the Vietnam War's shattering legacy in the heart of a returning vet. A moving and no-holds-barred account of the downward spiral of events in one vet's life. Photos.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This affecting sequel to Chickenhawk , a 1983 memoir of Vietnam, covers Mason's postwar life and his struggle with the classic symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder: overwhelming restlessness, panic attacks and inability to hold a job. After finding relief in writing about his tour as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam, he then took a major misstep by joining a drug-smuggling venture that involved a sailboat voyage across the Caribbean. Caught by U.S. customs authorities, Mason found himself facing the shame of trial and the terror of prison. During this critical period, he received the news that Viking had accepted the book in hand for publication. Thus: "While I was experiencing the highest moment of my life, I was also experiencing the lowest moment of my life." Mason has a powerful personal tale that should have wide appeal. His account of the smuggling misadventure and his imprisonment in Florida are searing.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0140158766
• ISBN 13: 9780140158762
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400