These vignettes, true stories, will take you back into the rice paddies, the homes and the operating rooms of Vietnam during the '60's. There you will share experiences with those who worked, played, fought and sometimes died in that mysterious and much maligned land, which the author says 'lingers in his memory like the remnant of a beautiful and disturbing dream.' This is not 'Apocalypse Now.' It is simply a series of poetic glimpses of Vietnam as seen through a doctor's eyes during the fall of 1966. There are tales of beggars and of kings -- of hovels and mansions... some humorous, others may elicit a tear. All reflect compassion and concern for one's fellow man.
About the Author
Carl Voyles was born in Oklahoma. He attended the College of William and Mary, then Duke University and Johns Hopkins for medical training. In 1966 he interrupted his practice in St. Petersburg, Florida to serve as a volunteer physician in Vietnam with Project Hope, then later returned to active duty in the U.S. Navy, including a second tour ashore in Vietnam.
Now 'semi-retired,' he lives with wife, Joan, miniature daschund, Tia, and Tonkinese kitten, Tonk on an island off the coast of Florida, where he sees patients in an island clinic, sails his 25 foot sloop, Eight Bells, sketches, paints in watercolor and writes.
Several chapters of this non-fiction book have been selected for publication in major magazines, including the Journal of the American Medical Association, The Retired Officer and the Cortlandt Forum.
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