Blood Brothers: Among the Soldiers of Ward 57

By: Michael Weisskopf

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Synopsis: This "expert piece of journalism by a brave man about brave men" follows three soldiers and a reporter through eighteen months on Ward 57, Walter Reed's amputee wing (The Washington Post)Time magazine's Michael Weisskopf was riding through Baghdad in the back of a U.S. Army Humvee when he heard a metallic thunk. Looking down, he spotted a small object inches from his feet and reached down to take it in his hand. Then everything went black. Weisskopf lost his hand and was sent to Ward 57 at Walter Reed Medical Center, the wing reserved for amputees. There he met soldiers Pete Damon, Luis Rodriguez, and Bobby Isaacs, alongside whom he navigated the bewildering process of recovery and began reconciling life before that day in Baghdad with everything that would follow his release. Blood Brothers is the story of this difficult passage—a story that begins with healthy men heading off to war, and continues through the months in Ward 57 as they prepare for a different life than the one they left. A chronicle of devastation and recovery, this is a deeply affecting portrait of the private aftermath of combat casualties.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 320 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781250114709
Related ISBNs:: 9780805078602
Publisher:: Henry Holt and Co.
Date of Addition:: 11/28/24
Copyrighted By:: Michael Weisskopf
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Military, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Medicine
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.