Offerings at the Wall: Artifacts from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection

by Thomas B. Allen

Book Overview

Highlighting a selection of the thousands of objects left by visitors at the Vietnam Memorial each year, a moving book pays tribute to the Wall that is visited by millions every year and to those... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570360677
• ISBN13: 9781570360671
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Turner Publications Inc
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 3.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.4" x 12.1"

Customer Reviews

I give this book 50 stars

No matter how you may feel about the war, the humanity revealed in this book will touch your heart. A little keepsake or memento left behind to a buddy, brother, husband or father is more than politics or justification of warfare it is about an offering to a loved one that died. That old saying a picture is worth a thousand words is true with this book, I found myself just staring blindly at insignificant objects that in any other place could easily be looked over, but here its is given to pay homage to the dead and maybe give a little peace to the living.

very good

Eventhough I do not understand the Vietnam war, and I was not alive at the time, this book really touched me. The guilt, pain, and loss that the offerings people had left made me cry. There was a picture with a little girl and her dad, and a veteren was telling about the day he met the man in the photo. I think that story will stick with me forever. I saw the pain of innocense lost through the artifacts, and the truth of the poeple in that war was revealed. I reconmmend this book to anyone from that era to the youth of mine.

A Tribute

I sobbed through Offerings at the Wall. Sobbed for the loss of innocence and young lives lost. For anyone raised in the 1960s this should be a must read to understand and come to grips with the imapct the Vietnam War had on our generation. God speed to our veterans and to the brave young men and women of today's military still fighting for our freedom. Please take the time to thank a veteran for his/her service to our country.

Touching and poignant

My best friend and I used to curl up in chairs at the local book store to read this book and weep. It is a very touching and poignant book, a must see.

This book can bring tears to anyone's eyes.

Offerings at the Wall is an incredible book of the trials of the human spirit. It is like taking a tour through hell and coming out feeling some hope. It is incredibly personal. After reading it you feel as if these artifacts were left at the grave of a family member. This is one of the most valuable books I own.