{"product_id":"dispatches-introduction-by-robert-stone-hardcover","title":"Dispatches: Introduction by Robert Stone - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichael Herr\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Stone\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten on the front lines in Vietnam, \u003ci\u003eDispatches \u003c\/i\u003ebecame an immediate classic of war reportage when it was published in 1977.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom its terrifying opening pages to its final eloquent words, \u003ci\u003eDispatches \u003c\/i\u003emakes us see, in unforgettable and unflinching detail, the chaos and fervor of the war and the surreal insanity of life in that singular combat zone. Michael Herr's unsparing, unorthodox retellings of the day-to-day events in Vietnam take on the force of poetry, rendering clarity from one of the most incomprehensible and nightmarish events of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDispatches \u003c\/i\u003eis among the most blistering and compassionate accounts of war in our literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Herr\u003c\/b\u003e was a novelist and war correspondent. Born in Lexington, Kentucky in 1940, he began reporting from Vietnam for \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e in the 1960s, during the height of the war. He later chronicled those experiences in his memoir, \u003ci\u003eDispatches. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of three other books, \u003ci\u003e The Big Room, Walter Winchell, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eKubrick\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor of the\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003escreenplays for \u003ci\u003eApocalypse Now \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eFull Metal Jacket.\u003c\/i\u003e He died in 2016. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Stone, \u003c\/b\u003ea National Book Award winner, lives in New York City.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.14 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 17, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754169434400,"sku":"9780307270801","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ddc7d79cf5e0d6b44c5974e1aef78e4.webp?v=1780034909","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dispatches-introduction-by-robert-stone-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}