Carried to the Wall: American Memory and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

by Kristin Ann Hass

Book Overview

On May 9, 1990, a bottle of Jack Daniels, a ring with letter, a Purple Heart and Bronze Star, a baseball, a photo album, an ace of spades, and a pie were some of the objects left at the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial. For Kristin Hass, this eclectic sampling represents an attempt by ordinary Americans to come to terms with a multitude of unnamed losses as well as to take part in the ongoing debate of how this war should be remembered. Hass explores...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520213173
• ISBN13: 9780520213173
• Release Date: August 1998
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

very emotional, could use some deeper probing

i read this book for a class i was taking in college. some of the lists and letters haas reproduced made me cry...most books that people read in college don't make people cry. haas' main (and one of her only) shortcomings was her apple pie, americana approach to what people left. many latino-americans and african-americans fought in vietnam and the material and social analysis is, at times, very white bread. very good overall. moving and interesting.