| Author |
Kerstetter, Jon.
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| Publication |
New York : Crown Publishing, [2017]
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| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource. |
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text file |
| Call # |
eBOOK |
| Contents |
Part 1. Prologue -- Near the edge of a boundary -- The boundary layer -- Beyond the boundary layer -- 61-November -- War zones -- Call Up -- SimMan -- Camp New York -- Date Palms -- Triage -- Ballistic maneuvers -- The crossing -- Winter error! -- The sound of a zipper -- Globemaster -- Part 2. Awake -- Discovery -- Stroke school -- Reading -- Winter dream -- St. Luke's -- Elephant Man -- Therapy -- VA Style -- The List -- Level 5.3 -- Wride (Write) -- Beyond the crossings -- Epilogue. |
| Summary |
"In Iraq, as a combat physician and officer, Jon Kerstetter balanced two impossibly conflicting imperatives - to heal and to kill. When he suffered an injury and then a stroke during his third tour, he wound up back home in Iowa, no longer able to be either a doctor or a soldier. In this gorgeous memoir that moves from his impoverished upbringing on an Oneida reservation, to his harrowing stints as a volunteer medic in Kosovo and Bosnia, through the madness of Iraq and his intense mandate to assemble a team to identify the remains of Uday and Qusay Hussein, and the struggle afterward to come to terms with a life irrevocably changed, Kerstetter beautifully illuminates war and survival, the fragility of the human body, and the strength of will that lies within."-- Publisher description. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed. |
| Subject |
Kerstetter, Jon.
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United States. Army -- Flight surgeons -- Biography.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Personal narratives, American.
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Physicians -- United States -- Biography.
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Iraq War, 2003-2011 -- Medical care.
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Cerebrovascular disease -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Brain damage -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Post-traumatic stress disorder -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
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Disabled veterans -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre |
Electronic books. |
| Addl. Author |
OverDrive, Inc.
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| Alt Title |
Doctor-soldier's story |
| Related To |
Print version: Kerstetter, Jon, author. Crossings First edition. New York : Crown Publishing, [2017] 9781101904374 (DLC) 2017024442 |
| ISBN |
9781101904381 (electronic bk.) |
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1101904380 (electronic bk.) |
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