{"product_id":"boocoo-dinky-dow-my-short-crazy-vietnam-war-9781467955683","title":"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War","description":"Grady Myers was an artistic but aimless teenager in 1968, when, desperate for troops, the U.S. Army overlooked his extreme nearsightedness and transformed him into Hoss, an M-60 machine gunner. His illustrated memoir \"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War\" is by turns funny and sobering. Grady recounts his military initiation at Fort Lewis, where there could be a fuzzy line between training and torture. He describes the intensity of Vietnam, where an old man carrying a bundle of sticks posed a moral dilemma and a young man would weigh the burden of his virginity against the dubious pleasures of riverbank prostitutes. Grady's explosives-happy comrades in Charlie Company sometimes posed the greatest danger. But, in a dramatic ambush, that same bunch of crazy soldiers risked their lives to save his. \"Boocoo Dinky Dow\" is how American GIs heard the French\/Vietnamese phrase \"beaucoup dien cai dau\" for \"very crazy.\" For more information, visit www.shortcrazyvietnam.com\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julie A. Titone,Grady C. Myers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 170\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.67lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.00h x 7.00w x 0.36d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467955683\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePraise from the Pacific Northwest Inlander: \" 'Boocoo Dinky Dow' offers readers a unique, intimate and often humorous glimpse into the absurdity and savagery of Vietnam.\" Grady Myers was a professional artist, working for the Boise and Spokane newspapers and then the U.S. Forest Service. He died in 2011. Co-author Julie Titone is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in regional, national and international publications.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45092414128243,"sku":"9781467955683","price":18.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2a496a06-f33d-4af1-8b97-7c5dd57c96b4.jpg?v=1781200357","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/boocoo-dinky-dow-my-short-crazy-vietnam-war-9781467955683","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}