{"product_id":"the-soldier-factory-ed-salven-9780807615720","title":"The Soldier Factory: A Window","description":"\u003cb\u003eA former soldier's poignant search for meaning in the American military experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When Ed Salven returned after thirty years to Fort Ord, where he was stationed in the late 1960s, he found a ghost town. The once bustling Sixth Army Infantry Processing Center in northern California sat in silent decay, and he was overwhelmed by recollections of his time there as a young draftee. Those memories became the basis for \u003ci\u003eThe Soldier Factory\u003c\/i\u003e, a moving collection of meditations on being a part of the U.S. military machine at the height of the Vietnam War and on the essential questions Salven and his fellow soldiers confronted dealing with violence, authority, self-worth, honor, loss, and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Salven's reflections are accompanied by a series of paintingsvivid, anonymous portraits of soldiers. Fort Ord, once a community of more than 30,000 soldiers, was closed in the late 1990s; these paintings are now being used as window covers on several abandoned barracks. Also included are color photographs of the fort and the surrounding landscape in its strangely beautiful state today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Veterans and soldiers alike will find this book particularly meaningful, as will anyone seeking to better understand this important period in U.S. history and its impact on those who lived through it. By turns amusing and heartbreaking, \u003ci\u003eThe Soldier Factory\u003c\/i\u003e has the quiet, reverent quality of a memorial. Color illustrations throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ed Salven\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807615722\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807615720\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e George Braziller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.33lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.42h x 6.66w x 0.89d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2006 pg. 327\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/26\/2006","brand":"Ed Salven","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48621795574015,"sku":"9780807615720","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-soldier-factory-ed-salven-9780807615720","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}