Blood Brothers
eBook - ePub

Blood Brothers

Among the Soldiers of Ward 57

  1. 334 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Blood Brothers

Among the Soldiers of Ward 57

About this book

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.

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Information

Year
2024
eBook ISBN
9781250114709
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Prologue
  7. 1. Toy Soldier
  8. 2. Ward 57
  9. 3. Cutting Time
  10. 4. Hooks and Hearts
  11. 5. Hornbook for the Handicapped
  12. 6. New Muscles
  13. 7. A Hero’s Welcome
  14. 8. “Look Back, But Don’t Stare”
  15. 9. Standing Up
  16. 10. Anniversary
  17. 11. The Unconscious Mind
  18. 12. The Prize
  19. Notes
  20. Index
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. About the Author
  23. Newsletter Sign-up
  24. Contents
  25. Copyright