{"product_id":"soldier-to-sojourner-gordon-schwerzmann-9781915662668","title":"Soldier to Sojourner: The Journal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Soldier to Sojourner: The Journal\" is my impression of North Asia in the 1970s. I spent over a year as an officer in the U.S. Army in South Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and close to two years traveling throughout Asia, first as a backpacker and later as a Hippie (yippee-ki-yay).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Journal is a companion piece to my photographic book, surprisingly also called \"Soldier to Sojourner: The Photographs\" (Two books for the price of two books. Such a deal!)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have documented a time, the 1970s, before the all-pervading Western\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eculture (sex, drugs, and rock and roll in Levi's) and The Economic Miracle changed Asia irrevocably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is written from a soldier (At Ease) and traveler (Sojourner for Stupids) viewpoint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach day in my journey brought new enchantments, incredible beauty, sordid ugliness, joy, and suffering that I tried to capture in words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Asia of Conrad and Maughan is gone, and the war-torn Asia of Vietnam will also pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is my vision of Asia, a bright shining light from a galaxy far far away that has already disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon Schwerzmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1915662664\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781915662668\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon R. Scxhwerzmann\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.75d","brand":"Gordon Schwerzmann","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071189283071,"sku":"9781915662668","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_186b966c-8e70-4745-9dd2-c8dfae407646.jpg?v=1685434657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soldier-to-sojourner-gordon-schwerzmann-9781915662668","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}