The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq Paperback - 2006
by John Crawford
In a voice at once raw and immediate, the author chronicles his daily life as a young soldier in Iraq: the excitement, horror, anger, tedium, fear, camaraderie and the transformation of a group of young college students into something entirely different.
Summary
John Crawford joined the Florida National Guard to pay for his college tuition, willingly exchanging one weekend a month and two weeks a year for a free education. But in Autumn 2002, one semester short of graduating and newly marriedin fact, on his honeymoonhe was called to active duty and sent to the front lines in Iraq.
Crawford and his unit spent months upon months patrolling the streets of Baghdad, occupying a hostile city. During the breaks between patrols, Crawford began recording what he and his fellow soldiers witnessed and experienced. Those stories became The Last True Story I'll Ever Tella haunting and powerful, compellingly honest book that imparts the on-the-ground reality of waging the war in Iraq, and marks as the introduction of a mighty literary voice forged in the most intense of circumstances.
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- Title The Last True Story I'll Ever Tell: An Accidental Soldier's Account of the War in Iraq
- Author John Crawford
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Riverhead Books, New York
- Date April 4, 2006
- ISBN 9781594482014 / 1594482012
- Weight 0.43 lbs (0.20 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.16 x 0.63 in (20.37 x 13.11 x 1.60 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Reading level 940
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 21st Century
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
- Library of Congress subjects Iraq War, 2003-, Crawford, John
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2006283299
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Media reviews
“A National Guardsman who never expected to see battle writes a shattering account of the war that changed his life.” —People
"Tremendous...An incredibly gripping book, and incredibly well-written. It's a remarkable story...I commend [Crawford] not only for his service, but for the account of it, which is really a wonderful read."—Jon Stewart, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
"Harrowing and exquisite."—Time
"Takes its place among the very best tales of men at war—it rings with the raw emotional energies of truth and anger and sadness."—The New Orleans Times-Picayune
“It's f***ing dynamite… Like Michael Herr in Dispatches, Crawford really has it down. He’s got it nailed.” —Thom Jones, author of The Pugilist at Rest
“Crawford is a wonderfully descriptive writer—and reading this book feels like climbing into a Humvee to patrol Baghdad in 130-degree heat.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune
Citations
- New Yorker (The), 04/23/2006, Page 28
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