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A Father and Son in Wartime
Atlas & Co.
October 2010
On Sale: September 27, 2010
320 pages
ISBN: 1934633925
EAN: 9781934633922
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The wartime reflections of a staff sergeant killed in Iraq
are memorialized by his father in this harrowing true story.
Staff Sergeant Darrell "Skip" Griffin Jr. was killed in
action on March 21, 2007, during his second tour of duty in
Iraq. Prior to his death, Skip was writing a book
tentatively titled The Great Conversation, an attempt to
rationalize the destruction he had seen in Iraq. His father,
Darrell Griffin Sr., was going to help him finish writing it
when Skip returned home in July. After losing his son,
Darrell Sr. vowed to finish the book himself and traveled to
Iraq, witnessing the war close up and meeting his son's
comrades. Last Journey is their shared account of everyday
life for soldiers in Iraq; it is also an intimate portrait
of a lost son, a meditation on faith, and a tribute to the
lively philosophical debates in which the Griffins used to
engage. Passionate and inspiring, Last Journey serves as a tragic
reminder of the human cost of war. 32 color photographs
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