Hootch 8: A Combat Surgeon Remembers Vietnam

Toby Press [Published Date: 2012]. Hardcover, 177 pp. Stated First Edition, 2012. Inscribed (personalized) and signed by Paul Brief on front free end paper. Very good in very good dust jacket. Illustrated paper over boards have light bumping and scuffing to edges. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. Dust jacket has light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Now in an archival-quality (removable) Brodart Cover. Black and white illustrations. [From back cover] As a New York City bachelor about to complete his medical training, the last place Paul Brief thought he'd end up was Vietnam. The year was 1969, and Brief, an ambitious if irreverent orthopedic surgeon, was too busy enjoying the fruits of the sexual revolution to consider the possibility of being drafted. In Hootch 8, Brief details his sudden arrival at a naval hospital outside Danang, along with dozens of his fellow soldier-doctors, following a grueling stint in boot camp, where they're taught not only how to heal, but how to fight. Through Brief's eyes, we witness the brutal realities of wartime medicine, with its endless stench of blood and steady stream of double amputees. Along the way, we're introduced to the cast of characters who become the key to his survival in Nam. Shot through with humor and compassion, Hootch 8 is a surprisingly moving account of one man's transformative encounter with the tragedies and absurdities of war. Title: Hootch 8: A Combat Surgeon Remembers Vietnam Author Name: Brief, Paul Edition: First Edition ISBN Number: 1592643655 ISBN-13: 9781592643653 Location Published: Toby Press: 2012-11-14 Binding: hardcover Book Condition: Very Good Jacket Condition: Very Good Inscription: Signed by Author Size: 5x0x8 Type: hardcover Categories: Biography & Autobiography, Medical, War & Military Seller ID: 20250131011 Keywords: biography, medical, vietnam war