{"product_id":"wandering-souls-journeys-with-the-dead-and-the-living-in-viet-nam","title":"Wandering Souls: Journeys With the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn March 19  1969  First Lieutenant Homer R. Steedly  Jr.  shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier  Dam  when they met on a jungle trail. Steedly took a diaryfilled with beautiful line drawingsfrom the body of the dead soldier  which he subsequently sent to his mother for safekeeping. Thirty-five years later  Steedly rediscovers the forgotten dairy and begins to confront his suppressed memories of the war that defined his life  deciding to return to Viet Nam and meet the family of the man he killed to seek their forgiveness. Fellow veteran and award-winning author Wayne Karlin accompanied Steedly on his remarkable journey. In Wandering Souls he recounts Homers movement towards a recovery that could only come about through a confrontation with the ghosts of his pastand the need of Dams family to bring their childs wandering soul to his own peace. Wandering Souls limns the terrible price of war on soldiers and their loved ones  and reveals that we heal not by forgetting wars hard lessons  but by remembering its costs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44957079109685,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568584059","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568584058.jpg?v=1770325135","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/wandering-souls-journeys-with-the-dead-and-the-living-in-viet-nam","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}