Blood brothers
Subtitle: among the soldiers of Ward 57
By: Michael Weisskopf
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: H. Holt
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780805078602
Subjects: History, 21st Century; Walter Reed Army Hospital (Washington, D.C.); Verwundung; Traumatic Amputation; American Personal narratives; Embedded war correspondents; Military Personnel; Personal Narratives; Soldat; War; Iraq War, 2003-; Wounds and injuries
Description: A powerful account of eighteen months in the lives of three soldiers and a journalist, all patients in Ward 57, Walter Reed's amputee wing. Time magazine's Michael Weisskopf, an embedded reporter, was riding through Baghdad in the back of a U.S. Army Humvee, when he heard a metallic thunk. Looking down, he saw a small, dark object rolling inches from his feet. He reached down and took it in his hand. Then everything went black. Weisskopf lost his hand and was sent for treatment to Walter Reed Medical Center. There he crossed paths with three soldiers whose stories he learned during months in the ward. Alongside these men, he navigated the bewildering process of recovery and reentry, and began reconciling life before that day in Baghdad with everything that would follow his release. This chronicle of devastation and recovery is an affecting portrait of the private aftermath of combat casualties.--From publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Toy Soldier -- 5 -- 2; title: Ward 57 -- 21 -- 3; title: Cutting Time -- 43 -- 4; title: Hooks and Hearts -- 67 -- 5; title: Hornbook for the Handicapped -- 93 -- 6; title: New Muscles -- 121 -- 7; title: A Hero's Welcome -- 141 -- 8; title: "Look Back, But Don't Stare" -- 167 -- 9; title: Standing Up -- 191 -- 10; title: Anniversary -- 209 -- 11; title: The Unconscious Mind -- 231 -- 12; title: The Prize-- 247.