...and a hard rain fell
A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam
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3.9 • 20 Ratings
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- $15.99
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- $15.99
Publisher Description
A classic, must-read Vietnam war memoir
The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran’s rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier’s odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its 20th anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam, John Ketwig’s message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago.
“A magnetic, bloody, moving, and worm’s-eye view of soldiering in Vietnam, an account that is from the first page to last a wound that can never heal. A searing gift to his country.”—Kirkus Reviews
“Solidly effective. He describes with ingenuous energy and authentic language that time and place.”—Library Journal
“Perhaps as evocative of that awful time in Vietnam as the great fictions...a wild surreal account, at its best as powerful as Celine’s darkling writing of World War One.”—Washington Post
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Another recovered war memoir this one with a first printing of 15,000 is John Ketwig's ...And a Hard Rain Fell: A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam, first published in 1985. Enlisting to avoid the draft in 1966, Ketwig ended up a platoon sergeant in Thailand, "in charge of 43 Americans and numerous Thais." He is articulate and perceptive throughout, voicing doubt, witnessing horrors, trying to fit in on returning. Ketwig has supplied eight pages of new photos and a new introduction for this edition; the press chat notes that Ketwig will do an NPR affiliate tour, and that the book is a "staple" in campus Vietnam courses.
Customer Reviews
Amazing and Imperative
The authenticity of the author’s account comes through on every page of this unflinching book. This should be mandatory reading for all high school students. This book changed my view of veterans and deepened a healthy mistrust of politicians.
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Excellent read. I struggled with the price, but in the end felt it was worth it.