{"product_id":"general-issue-blues-sonny-gratzer-9780595443482","title":"General Issue Blues: Viet Nam to Here: A Warrior's Tour","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Sonny Gratzer has lived a full, passionate life, and the generous, heartsprung poems in \u003ci\u003e General Issue Blues\u003c\/i\u003e reflect his wonder at the going.\" -\u003ci\u003eBill Kittredge, noted Montana author, editor, and former Chairman of Creative Writing, University of Montana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Once a tough kid from Butte, Sonny Gratzer came home from Viet Nam with a chest full of medals and severe war wounds. Readers need to keep a keen eye and ear open for Gratzer and other veterans who write. Years later their poems and stories express wonder, grief and healing from some of the deepest sources.\" -\u003ci\u003ePatrick Todd, Montana poet and humanitarian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e: Sonny Gratzer's poems capture the scent of combat, the dangers and miseries of war, and the many kinds of wounds suffered even after the battles have been fought.\" -\u003ci\u003eNathaniel Blumberg, dean and professor, editor, publisher, and author of\u003c\/i\u003e Charlie of 666: a Memoir\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"George Gratzer takes you back to the war in Vietnam - his poems evoke vivid memories of rice paddy ambushes, helicopter assaults, mines and booby traps. \u003ci\u003e G.I. Blues\u003c\/i\u003e wrenches your heart, grips your gut, brings tears to the eyes of the toughest old soldier. Well done, Sonny.\" -\u003ci\u003eCol. Joe Clemons, Infantry US Army (Ret.)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sonny Gratzer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595443486\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595443482\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/19\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sonny Gratzer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48435564085503,"sku":"9780595443482","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bea593b9-9064-490f-a70f-ca843c6e4729.jpg?v=1777151216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/general-issue-blues-sonny-gratzer-9780595443482","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}