{"product_id":"shooting-ghosts-a-u-s-marine-a-combat-photographer-and-their-journey-back-from-war-paperback","title":"Shooting Ghosts: A U.S. Marine, a Combat Photographer, and Their Journey Back from War - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eThomas J. Brennan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eFinbarr O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A majestic book.\"--Bessel van der Kolk, MD, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Body Keeps the Score\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA unique joint memoir by a U.S. Marine and a conflict photographer whose unlikely friendship helped both heal their war-wounded bodies and souls \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"The dueling-piano spirit of \u003cb\u003eSHOOTING GHOSTS\u003c\/b\u003e works because its authors are so committed to transparency, admitting readers into the dark crevices of their isolation.\"--\u003ci\u003eWall St Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the unpredictability of war and its aftermath, a decorated Marine sergeant and a world-trotting war photographer became friends, their bond forged as they patrolled together through the dusty alleyways of Helmand province and camped side by side in the desert. But when Sergeant T. J. Brennan was injured during a Taliban ambush, he and conflict photographer Finbarr O'Reilly returned home, each to face the fallout of war in their own way. Their friendship offered them both a shot at redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShooting Ghosts\u003c\/i\u003e looks at the horrors of war directly, but then turns to a journey that draws on our growing understanding of what recovery takes, charting the ways two survivors have found to calm the ghosts and reclaim a measure of peace.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas James Brennan\u003c\/b\u003e, recipient of the Purple Heart, was a sergeant in the Marine Corps until medically retired in 2012. He served in Iraq during the battle of Fallujah and was a squad leader in Afghanistan's Helmand province with the First Battalion, Eighth Marines. Since 2012, he has been a regular contributor to The New York Times At War blog. Brennan was the military affairs reporter at the Jacksonville Daily News from early 2013 through mid-2014. He has a master's degree in journalism from Columbia, and is the founder of TheWarHorse.org, a nonprofit online newsroom dedicated to chronicling the effects of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinbarr O'Reilly\u003c\/b\u003e is an internationally acclaimed photographer who has spent more than a decade working in Africa and the Middle East and who has won the World Press Photo of the Year, the highest individual honor in news photography. He was profiled in the documentary film\u003ci\u003e Under Fire: Journalists in Combat\u003c\/i\u003e (Peabody Award winner, Oscar finalist) and has held fellowships at Harvard, Yale, Columbia, and the MacDowell Colony. He was a Reuters senior photographer for Israel and the Palestinian Territories in 2014.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 21, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51758954184992,"sku":"9780399562556","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/da37b9769fe9ba6aca028d6a3f08a3e5.webp?v=1780139869","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/shooting-ghosts-a-u-s-marine-a-combat-photographer-and-their-journey-back-from-war-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}