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Firefight

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A brilliant, personal piece of literature

Ferrandino's oracular insight and prophetic knowledge of Vietnam almost outweigh his estimable literary talents. The author is amazing!

From the moment Amaro set out on his journey into the craziness of the Vietnam Conflict the reader is immediately captured. The realism of Ferrandino's work is astounding making this one of the best books written about the front-line experience. Not only is FIREFIGHT a wonderful
literary work of art, the author is a true American hero. Thank you Joseph Ferrandino for your service in the armed forces and to America and thank you for being the BEST english professor ever.

Patten Leather

Mr. Ferrandino's book is worth reading. He is not only a great teacher but also a great writer. I had the honor of meeting him when the book first had come out in the early 90's and he was very nice in answering any and all the question's that the students of HCCC asked of him about his expiernces over there, about the book itself and what made him decide to write a story based on it. I bought it for my father since he is a vetern of Vietnam. I happened borrowed it to read myself and was blown away with the story and couldn't put it down. If you want to read a book by someone that was really there, this is a must read.

If Francis Ford Coppola's Vietnam was born of Conrad's Heart of Darkness, than Ferrandino's telling is Lord of the Flies. The book grabbed me by the head and pulled me face first into the story until I came up at the last page, breathless and wanting more. Don't let the title fool you. This isn't some Don Pendleton macho yarn. This is as real as it gets...told by a man who lived it. Track this one down and read it.