Desert Mementos: Stories of Iraq and Nevada

by Caleb S. Cage

Desert Mementos is a collection of loosely connected short stories set during the early stages of the Iraq War (2004 and 2005). The stories rotate from battles with insurgents and the drudgery of the war machine in Iraq to Nevada, where characters are either preparing for war, escaping it during their leave, or returning home having seen what they've seen.

Cage captures similarities in the respective desert landscapes of both Iraq and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943859477
• ISBN13: 9781943859474
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University of Nevada Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 7.1"