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Patches of Fire is the story of a young man's encounter with a war and with deaths beyond his understanding; of his return to a country torn by racial unrest in the wake of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.; and of his painstaking efforts to defeat his inner demons and make a place for himself as a black man in white America.
With a starkness tempered by humor, French brings to life the horrors of Vietnam, and recounts in compelling detail his uneasy tenure as a newspaper photographer, his heady days as publisher of his own magazine, his confrontations with the ghostly images of Vietnam that haunted his dreams - and the sense of renewal and purpose he achieved as a novelist.
The very personal story of French's trials and triumphs, Patches of Fire is also a revealing exploration of the black soldier's experience in Vietnam, the plight of the Vietnam veteran, and the redemptive power of writing.
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Afro-American men, Afro-Americans, American Authors, American Personal narratives, Authors, American, Biography, Fiction, Personal narratives, American, Veterans, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, African American men, African Americans, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Fiction, war & militaryPeople
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Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption
August 28, 2005, University of Pittsburgh Press
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Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption
August 17, 1998, Anchor
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Patches of fire: a story of war and redemption
1997, Anchor Books
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Patches of fire: a story of war and redemption
1997, Secker & Warburg
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Patches of Fire: A Story of War and Redemption
December 1, 1996, Doubleday
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