The League of Wives
The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the US Government to Bring Their Husbands Home
$29.12
- Paperback
336 pages
- Release Date
4 April 2019
Summary
The true story of the fierce band of women who battled Washington - and Hanoi - to bring their husbands home from the jungles of Vietnam.
On 12 February, 1973, one hundred and sixteen men who, just six years earlier, had been high flying Navy and Air Force pilots, shuffled, limped, or were carried off a huge military transport plane at Clark Air Base in the Philippines. These American servicemen had endured years of brutal torture, kept shackled and starving in solitary confinement, i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472131799 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1472131797 |
| Author: | Heath Hardage Lee |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 4 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 480g |
| Dimensions: | 232mm x 152mm x 28mm |
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Exhilarating and inspiring * Washington Post * This unputdownable story of strength and determination is a must-read * Library Journal * Inspirational work … In this beautifully told history, Lee unearths the contributions of everyday women who not only saved their husbands but influenced military culture * Publishers Weekly * Lee [has] uncovered an amazing forgotten history … stirring detail … thanks to Lee’s impressive research, their [the wives’] voices can be heard by those who embraced titles like Hidden Figures (2016) and The Glass Universe (2016). Book clubs should line up for this one; it begs for discussion * Booklist *
About The Author
Heath Hardage Lee
Heath Hardage Lee has a museum education and curatorial background, and she has worked at history museums across the US. She holds a BA in History with Honours from Davidson College, and an MA in French Language and Literature from the University of Virginia. Heath served as the 2017 Robert J. Dole Curatorial Fellow: her exhibition entitled The League of Wives: Vietnam POW MIA Advocates & Allies about Vietnam POW MIA wives premiered at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics in May of 2017 and is now travelling to museums throughout the US. Potomac Books published Heath’s first book, Winnie Davis: Daughter of the Lost Cause, in 2014. Winnie won the 2015 Colonial Dames of America Annual Book Award as well as a 2015 Gold Medal for Nonfiction from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. Heath lives in Roanoke, Virginia, with her husband and her two children.
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