The Shadow of the Rainbow |
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Author:
| Schweitzer, C. V. |
ISBN: | 978-1-4836-8627-1 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | Xlibris Corporation LLC
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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After visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall with my wife in 1991 and being a student of history, I continue my interest online. I was surprised to find that among the fifty-eight-thousand-plus Vietnam veterans memorialized on that cold black granite wall in Washington, D.C., somehow twelve names of people who were still alive were among them. One day shortly after I retired, my wife, Ann, like many wives do, became annoyed at my being under her feet all day and suggested quite...
More DescriptionAfter visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall with my wife in 1991 and being a student of history, I continue my interest online. I was surprised to find that among the fifty-eight-thousand-plus Vietnam veterans memorialized on that cold black granite wall in Washington, D.C., somehow twelve names of people who were still alive were among them. One day shortly after I retired, my wife, Ann, like many wives do, became annoyed at my being under her feet all day and suggested quite emphatically that I go find a hobby. So I did, hence, The Shadow of the Rainbow. Based loosely on historical facts, this is a fictitious story of a "thirteenth" person's name on the wall that woke up from coma one day to find he still had a chance to follow those dreams that had been so violently snatched from all the others.