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11 reviews
Andrew Carroll

Broadway, 1999

Letters reveal the true character of a person.
This book is a must read for anyone interested in the inner qualities of our nation's most well-known and respected figures and the lesser-known, who were the people who shaped our country. From the early settlers and our founding fathers to people of the present, this book offers a touching and rewarding look into the lives of people during war, hardships, family life, and many other aspects ...

Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters--and One Man's Search to Find Them
Andrew Carroll

Scribner, 2006

Andrew Carroll spent three years traveling throughout the United States and around the world to seek out the most powerful and unforgettable letters ever written during American wars. Behind the Lines is the result of that extraordinary trip and represents the first book of its kind: a dramatic, intimate, and revealing look at warfare as seen through the personal correspondence of US and foreign troops and civilians who have experienced major ...

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars

35 reviews
Andrew Carroll

Scribner, 2002

TearJerker
This book is awesome, I have read it numerous times. My heart goes out to the letters writers and receivers... I urge you to spread the word of this book... It will really open your eyes to see that Military Personel and their signifigant others are real people, with real feelings... I really look forward to another book like this coming out. I will definately buy it.

Behind the Lines: Powerful and Revealing American and Foreign War Letters -- and One Man's Search to Find Them

6 reviews
Andrew Carroll

Scribner, 2005

The reality of war revealed
Andy Carroll's last book - War Letters - showed what war is like by reprinting letters of American combatants who had ac-tually fought those wars. (I should confess that one of my letters about Vietnam was reprinted in that book.) Andy's new book - Behind The Lines - shows what war is like with reprints of letters from both combatants and non-combatants - civilian women and children. This ...

Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families

21 reviews

Random House, 2006

Crying, laughing, both at the same time
I am a military wife. My young daughter and I survived 12 months while my husband served in Iraq. This book was absolutely amazing. I cannot come up with the words to describe how much this book meant to me. I don't know about other spouses, but no matter how much my husband and I talk, it is not easy for him to communicate his thoughts or feelings on his service in Iraq. It was even ...

Grace Under Fire: Letters of Faith in Times of War

6 reviews
Andrew Carroll

WaterBrook Press, 2007

Loved it...
I loved this book. We have been sending copies to our Troops as a community project in care packages and their feedback is terrific, they love it! As w/all of Mr. Carroll's work it brings the true and authentic stories home with what our men, women, and families experience while at war. One of the nicest things about this book is the elegance and quality, it simply feels good in your hands. I ...

In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century

16 reviews
Andrew Carroll, Robert Torricelli, ...

Washington Square Press, 2000

A Century of Outstanding Spoken Wisdom
In Our Own Words is a treasure of the greatest American speeches of the twentieth century. The greatest minds and their messages have been chronologically compiled bringing us all the wisdom their spoken words have served to alter the course of humanity. If you are looking for a book that is engaging, illuminating, and packed with profound wisdom from some of the greatest minds that have made ...

Operation Homecoming: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Front, in the Words of U.S. Troops and Their Families, ...

University Of Chicago Press, 2008

Operation Homecoming is the result of a major initiative launched by the National Endowment for the Arts to bring distinguished writers to military bases to inspire U.S. soldiers, sailors, marines, airmen, and their families to record their wartime experiences. Encouraged by such authors as Tom Clancy, Tobias Wolff, and Marilyn Nelson, American military personnel and their loved ones wrote candidly about what they saw, heard, and felt while in ...

War Letters: Extraordinary Correspondence from American Wars
Andrew Carroll

Scribner, 2001

"I've cast out my razor, divorced my soap, buried my manners, signed my socks to a two-year contract, and proved that you don't have to come in out of the rain." So wrote Corporal Thomas P. Noonan from Vietnam, proving that humor doesn't fail even in war. Noonan's letter is just one of over 50,000 that letter-enthusiast Andrew Carroll ( Letters of a Nation ) received after Abigail Van Buren publicized his Legacy Project in her Dear Abby column. ...