A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK • The national bestseller that tells the truth about the Vietnam War from the black soldiers’ perspective. An oral history unlike any other, Bloods features twenty black men who tell the story of how members of their race were sent off to Vietnam in disproportionate numbers, and of the special test of patriotism they faced. Told in voices no reader will soon forget, Bloods is a must-read for anyone who wants to put the Vietnam experience in historical, cultural, and political perspective. Praise for Bloods “Superb . . . a portrait not just of warfare and warriors but of beleaguered patriotism and pride. The violence recalled in Bloods is chilling. . . . On most of its pages hope prevails. Some of these men have witnessed the very worst that people can inflict on one another. . . . Their experience finally transcends race; their dramatic monologues bear witness to humanity.”—Time “[Wallace] Terry’s oral history captures the very essence of war, at both its best and worst. . . . [He] has done a great service for all Americans with Bloods. Future historians will find his case studies extremely useful, and they will be hard pressed to ignore the role of blacks, as too often has been the case in past wars.”—The Washington Post Book World “Terry set out to write an oral history of American blacks who fought for their country in Vietnam, but he did better than that. He wrote a compelling portrait of Americans in combat, and used his words so that the reader—black or white—knows the soldiers as men and Americans, their race overshadowed by the larger humanity Terry conveys. . . . This is not light reading, but it is literature with the ring of truth that shows the reader worlds through the eyes of others. You can’t ask much more from a book than that.”—Associated Press “Bloods is a major contribution to the literature of this war. For the first time a book has detailed the inequities blacks faced at home and on the battlefield. Their war stories involve not only Vietnam, but Harlem, Watts, Washington D.C. and small-town America.”—Atlanta Journal-Constitution “I wish Bloods were longer, and I hope it makes the start of a comprehensive oral and analytic history of blacks in Vietnam. . . . They see their experiences as Americans, and as blacks who live in, but are sometimes at odds with, America. The results are sometimes stirring, sometimes appalling, but this three-tiered perspective heightens and shadows every tale.”—The Village Voice “Terry was in Vietnam from 1967 through 1969. . . . In this book he has backtracked, Studs Terkel–like, and found twenty black veterans of the Vietnam War and let them spill their guts. And they do; oh, how they do. The language is raw, naked, a brick through a window on a still night. At the height of tension a sweet story, a soft story, drops into view. The veterans talk about fighting two wars: Vietnam and racism. They talk about fighting alongside the Ku Klux Klan.”—The Boston Globe

Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History

Biographies & Memoirs

Terry, Wallace

Community & Culture

Presidio Press

"Simply the most powerful and moving book that has emerged on this topic." UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL The national bestseller that tells the truth of about Vietnam from the black soldiers' perspective. An oral history unlike any other, BLOODS features twenty black men who tell the story of how members of their race were sent off in disproportionate numbers and the special test of patriotism they faced. Told in voices no reader will soon forget, BLOODS is a must-read for anyone who wants to put the Vietnam experience in historical, cultural, and political perspective. Cited by THE NEW YORK TIMES as One of the Notable Books of the Year "Superb." TIME From the Paperback edition.

Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Vet**

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Ballantine Books

Twenty Black soldiers--ranging from the son of migrant farm workers to an Army recruiter--offer diverse perspectives on the Vietnam War

Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans

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Rebound by Sagebrush

An oral history of modern American journalism by trailblazing black journalists such as Ed Bradley, Max Robinson, and Karen Dewitt.

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Basic Books

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Wallace Gallery, East Hampton, N.Y., Oct. 24-Dec. 3, 2006, and the Suffolk County Historical Society, December 8, 2006, to April 30, 2007. Includes 56 full-page, full-color reproductions of Caroline Bell's oil paintings, in addition to several each by Julia M. Wickham, Marguerite Moore Hawkins, Clara Moore Howard, Otto J. Kurth, Annie Young, Joseph Beckwith Hartranft, Madeline Horton Bassarear, Helen M. Kroeger Kurth, Agnes J. Mothersele, and Ruth McAdams, and one each by Carrie Carter Wells, Virginia Hargraves Wood Goddard, Whitney Myron Hubbard, Cora Billiard Wickham Sibley, Franklin Glover Brooks, Elliot Alvah Brooks, Clara Wells Howell, Rachel Beebe, John H. Kaelin, Dorothy E. Raynor, George McAdams, Franklin Bennett, Albert Latham, Gilbert B. Miner, Josephine M. Brooks, Larry Waitz, Florence Sidbury Kramer, George W. Hallock, Jr., Harold A. Hedges, and Lewis J. Carpenter.

Caroline M. Bell and the Peconic Bay Impressionists

M.T, Fine Arts / Wallace Galle

New book on Sag Harbor's legendary artist, Cappy Amundsen. Available June 25, ships immediately after publication.

Cappy: The Life and Art of C. Hjalmar Amundsen

M.T. Fine Arts, Inc.

From its mineralogy to its landscape to its personalities, Bolivia is an enigmatic place where anything can and does happen. For centuries, Bolivia's mines and minerals have influenced its history, attracting conquerors, inciting wars and unrest, and making a few men obscenely rich. Bolivia is an impoverished country, which hosts rich resources. It is home to some of the world's most inhospitable climes, which are populated by a warm and colorful people. The richness of this land of extremes transcends material wealth, proving irresistible to a cadre of artists, outlaws, adventurers, scientists, and mineral collectors. Welcome to Bolivia, the height of mineral collecting!

Bolivia: The Height of Mineral Collecting

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