Tell the Kids I Love Them
eBook - PDF

Tell the Kids I Love Them

A Memoir

  1. 285 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Tell the Kids I Love Them

A Memoir

About this book

A son's search for meaning in the shadow of war and a father's final words

In Tell the Kids I Love Them, Jeremy Redmon uncovers the mysteries of his father's life and death. His dad, a decorated Vietnam War veteran, took his own life when Redmon was a teenager—an act that propelled the author on a lifelong quest to understand war, loss, and fatherhood.

From blast-scorched Mosul to the ancient ruins of Babylon, Redmon chronicles his experiences as a war correspondent embedded with US troops in Iraq, surviving close calls while witnessing utter devastation as well as remarkable humanity.

Threaded with dark humor, told with cinematic detail, and conveyed with raw honesty, this memoir is as much about resilience as it is about tragedy. When Redmon becomes a father, he finally learns how to carry on with both his father's complicated legacy and the final message he left behind: "Tell the kids I love them."

Information

Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Year
2026
eBook ISBN
9781643366906
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Journalist Biographies

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Tell the Kids I Love Them
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Dedication
  6. CONTENTS
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Author Note
  9. PROLOGUE
  10. CHAPTER 1. The Long Run
  11. CHAPTER 2. My Father’s Last Words
  12. CHAPTER 3. A Compulsion to Know
  13. CHAPTER 4. Spinning Out with Helga
  14. CHAPTER 5. Love and War
  15. CHAPTER 6. Orange, Grapefruit, and Lemon Trees
  16. CHAPTER 7. Horse Racing
  17. CHAPTER 8. Being Together All This Time
  18. CHAPTER 9. The Panic Attack in Kuwait
  19. CHAPTER 10. Embedded
  20. CHAPTER 11. December 21
  21. CHAPTER 12. Sailing Away
  22. CHAPTER 13. The Unreasonable Silence of the World
  23. CHAPTER 14. Thanksgiving Day Surprise
  24. CHAPTER 15. Memory and Magic
  25. CHAPTER 16. Sending the Angels Home
  26. CHAPTER 17. The Medicine Game
  27. CHAPTER 18. Take Care of Your Crew
  28. CHAPTER 19. We Will Surely Test You
  29. CHAPTER 20. Sunflowers
  30. CHAPTER 21. Courage
  31. CHAPTER 22. Uplink
  32. CHAPTER 23. Hanoi
  33. CHAPTER 24. Back to Ohio
  34. CHAPTER 25. Fatherhood
  35. CHAPTER 26. Bitter and Sweet
  36. In Memory
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. Notes

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