In the early 1960s, Jerry Rose, a writer and artist, travels
to Vietnam to teach English and gather material for his writing. Almost
accidentally, he becomes one of America’s most important war
correspondents. He interviews Vietnamese
villagers in a countryside riddled by a war of terror and embeds himself with
soldiers on the ground—the start of a dramatic and dangerous career. Through
his stories and photographs, he exposes the secret beginnings of America’s
Vietnam War at a time when most Americans have not yet heard of Vietnam. His
writing is described as “war reporting that ranks with the best of Ernest
Hemingway and Ernie Pyle.”
In spring 1965, Jerry agrees to serve as an advisor to the
Vietnamese government at the invitation of his friend and former doctor, who is
the new Prime Minister. He hopes to use his deep knowledge of the country to
help Vietnam. In September 1965, while on a trip to investigate corruption in
the provinces of Vietnam, Jerry dies in a plane crash in Vietnam.
Now, more than half a century later, his sister, Lucy Rose
Fischer, has drawn on her late brother’s journals, letters, and other writings
to craft his story. She has written this memoir in “collaboration” with her
late brother—giving the term “ghostwritten” a whole new meaning.
Buy it at Amazon or Barnes and Noble.
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