The Stick Soldiers

The Stick Soldiers
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Publisher : BOA Editions, Ltd.
Total Pages : 109
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ISBN-10 : 9781938160073
ISBN-13 : 193816007X
Rating : 4/5 (07X Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Stick Soldiers by : Hugh Martin

Download or read book The Stick Soldiers written by Hugh Martin and published by BOA Editions, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-03-15 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At age nineteen, Hugh Martin withdrew from college for deployment to Iraq. After training at Fort Bragg, Martin spent 2004 in Iraq as the driver of his platoon sergeant's Humvee. He participated in hundreds of missions including raids, conducting foot patrols, clearing routes for IEDs, disposing of unexploded ordnance, and searching thousands of Iraqi vehicles. These poems recount his time in basic training, his preparation for Iraq, his experience withdrawing from school, and ultimately, the final journey to Iraq and back home to Ohio. Hugh Martin holds an MFA from Arizona State University. He is a Stegner Fellow at Stanford University.


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