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Voyage in a Red Canoe

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Actually, I purchased the book directly from the author, Dr. Voyles. A situation evolved where it was necessary for me to visit Dr. Voyles' island clinic and there I observed his books for sale on a table in the waiting room. While waiting for him, I browsed the book and found it fascinating. When I took the copy home, I read it in one sitting, it was so captivating.

If anyone desires to feel they are a part of that terrible time in our history, and did not actually serve in Vietnam, then this book will be an eye opener to say the least.

After reading it, I talked with Dr. Voyles, and he told me that although the book is written as fiction it is the result of notes he took while he served in the medical fields in Vietnam. He played upon those notes and prepared the book as a work of fiction. The surpise ending is nothing short of inspirational.

This is a story about intrigue, brutality, love and courage told by an American doctor in Vietnam during the fighting. In concise prose, the author makes vivid the sights, sounds and smells of cities and countryside, always with an undercurrent of danger. The cruelties of war contrast with the gentle resignation of the doctors who do what they can, even when they know it will not be enough. Voyage in a Red Canoe is high adventure, a gripping story you will not soon forget.