When I was a young man
Subtitle: a memoir
By: Bob Kerrey.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt, Inc.; Harcourt
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
Subjects: Kerrey, Robert, 1943- -- Childhood and youth; Kerrey, Robert, 1943- -- Family; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives, American; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography; Lincoln (Neb.) -- Biography
Genres: Personal narratives, American.; Biography.
Description: "Bob Kerrey grew up outside Lincoln, Nebraska, in the 1950s, and in his trademark style - serious, sometimes wry - he tells of his journey from that heartland to the dangers of Vietnam, to the hospitals where he recovered from his grievous injuries, and finally to the Nixon White House where he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.".

"A quest begins and ends this book. When his father was dying, he asked Kerrey to find out how his Uncle John had really died in World War II. It is this quest that inspires Bob Kerrey as he narrates his own personal odyssey in this remarkable and powerful book."--BOOK JACKET.