My Father, My Son - Hardcover

Zumwalt, Elmo; Pekkanen, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0026336308 ISBN 13: 9780026336307

Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co, 1986

Synopsis

In this dual autobiography, father and son discuss their war experiences in Vietnam, how the tragedy of cancer--caused by exposure to Agent Orange--has affected their lives, and how their courage and love for each other helps them with their struggle

About this title

From the Publisher:

8 1-hour cassettes

From Library Journal:

This poignant update of the Agent Orange controversy combines military history with medical and human drama. Admiral Zumwalt was the naval leader who ordered the chemical defoliant to be used along Vietnamese rivers. His own son became exposed to the agent, developed multiple cancers, and fathered a retarded child. Pekkanen has spliced together numerous reminiscences from both Zumwalts, other family members, and friends into a readable stream-of-consciousness account of the family's experiences. Like all good biographers, he lets his subjects tell more about themselves than they intend. The "dual autobiography" which results is realistic and touching without being mawkish. BOMC featured alternate. Raymond L. Puffer, U.S. Air Force History Prog., Los Angeles
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Macmillan Pub Co
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0026336308
• ISBN 13: 9780026336307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240