Chickenhawk Back in the World: Life After Vietnam - Hardcover

Mason, Robert

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670848352 ISBN 13: 9780670848355

Publisher: Viking, 1993

Synopsis

The sequel to the best-selling Chickenhawk continues the Vietnam helicopter pilot's story after he returns home, as he descends into panic, alcoholism, and drug smuggling; serves time in prison; and finds gradual personal healing. 50,000 first printing.

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Reviews

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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Edition details

• Publisher: Viking
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0670848352
• ISBN 13: 9780670848355
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400