The last true story I'll ever tell
Subtitle: an accidental soldier's account of the War in Iraq
By: John Crawford.
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 219
Subjects: Crawford, John; Iraq War, 2003- -- Personal narratives, American
Genres: Personal narratives, American.
Description: John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition, willingly exchanging one weekend a month and two weeks a year for a free education. But one semester short of graduating and newly married, he was called to active duty and sent to Iraq. Crawford and his unit spent months upon months patrolling the streets of Baghdad, occupying a hostile city. During the breaks between patrols, Crawford began writing nonfiction stories about what he and his fellow soldiers witnessed and experienced. In a voice at once raw and immediate, Crawford's stories chronicle the daily life of a young soldier in Iraq--the excitement, the horror, the anger, the tedium, the fear, the camaraderie. But all together, the stories gradually uncover something more: the transformation of a group of young men, innocents, into something entirely different. --From publisher description.