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Writing Vietnam, Writing Life: Caputo, Heinemann, O'Brien, Butler Hardcover – March 15, 2008

by Tobey C. Herzog (Author)
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Phillip Caputo, Larry Heinemann, Tim O’Brien, and Robert Olen Butler: four young midwestern Americans coming of age during the 1960s who faced a difficult personal decision—whether or not to fight in Vietnam. Each chose to participate. After coming home, these four veterans became prizewinning authors telling the war stories and life stories of soldiers and civilians. The four extended conversations included in Writing Vietnam, Writing Life feature revealing personal stories alongside candid assessments of each author’s distinct roles as son, soldier, writer, and teacher of creative writing.

As Tobey Herzog's thoughtful interviews reveal, these soldier-authors have diverse upbringings, values, interests, writing careers, life experiences, and literary voices. They hold wide-ranging views on, among other things, fatherhood, war, the military, religion, the creative process, the current state of the world, and the nature of both physical and moral courage. For each author, the conversation and richly annotated chronology provide an overview of the writer’s life, the intersection of memory and imagination in his writing, and the path of his literary career. Together, these four life stories also offer mini-tableaux of the fascinating and troubling time of 1960s and 1970s America. Above all, the conversations reveal that each author is linked forever to the Vietnam War, the country of Vietnam, and its people.
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  1. Print length
    240 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University Of Iowa Press
  4. Publication date
    March 15, 2008
  5. Dimensions
    5.75 x 0.8 x 9.25 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1587296314
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1587296314
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“Tobey Herzog puts these veteran-authors through a rigorous boot camp of reflection on their craft and personal experience. They show what they’re made of—indeed, what writing, war, and life are made of. Take your most enlightening encounter with a writer-in-residence, multiply it by four, and you’ve got this book.”—Milton J. Bates, author, The Wars We Took to Vietnam: Cultural Conflict and Storytelling

“As honest as you can get about war and the literary imagination, these conversations describe how four American authors have come to understand themselves—first as midwestern sons, then as soldiers, and then as writers. The book is for those of us who served in Vietnam and for those who want to learn firsthand about the fury and passion of those times.”—Anthony Bukoski, author, Time between Trains

About the Author

Tobey Herzog, a Vietnam veteran, is a professor of English at Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He is the author of Vietnam War Stories: Innocence Lost and Tim O’Brien.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University Of Iowa Press; 1st edition (March 15, 2008)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1587296314
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1587296314
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.03 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 0.8 x 9.25 inches

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Dr. Tobey C. Herzog is Emeritus Professor of English and Emeritus Anne and Andrew T. Ford Chair in the Liberal Arts at Wabash College (Crawfordsville, IN). He is also a Vietnam Veteran (U.S. Army Vietnam 1969-70). During his 38 years of teaching at Wabash, he taught courses in modern war literature, the literature and authors of the Vietnam/American War, 19th-century British literature, business & technical writing, and mass communications. He has been publishing articles and books about war literature since 1980. His books include "Vietnam War Stories: Innocence Lost" (Routledge); "Tim O'Brien" (Twayne); "Writing Vietnam, Writing Life: Caputo, Heinemann, O'Brien, Butler" (University of Iowa Press); and his recent "Tim O'Brien: The Things He Carries and the Stories He Tells" (Routledge). Herzog grew up in Peru, Illinois, and later received an undergraduate degree in English from Illinois Wesleyan University. He has a Ph.D. in British Literature (dissertation on Charles Dickens and Thomas Hardy) from Purdue University. In addition to conducting lengthy interviews with Vietnam soldier-authors Philip Caputo, Larry Heinemann, and Robert Olen Butler, Herzog interviewed Tim O'Brien on three occasions: 1995, 2005, 2014.

In November 2014, Herzog and his two sons traveled to Vietnam for a 10-day trip beginning in Hanoi and ending at Long Binh where the drafted Specialist Five Herzog spent his Vietnam tour.

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