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Hard Way Home

In Hard Way Home, Dennis Wesley Clark weaves a powerful story, a true page-turner. The Vietnam War was over. Some soldiers were left behind-confirmed by live sightings. The pressure for their return was augmented with threats. But, the threats had unintended consequences . . . the enemy devised a plan to ensure none were ever found. As the purge was being executed, thirteen Americans POWs and MIAs learned of the plan. They divided into three escape plans: escape out to sea, escape to Thailand, and an arduous overland journey. In the last plan, their arrival was an utter surprise to Washington. Knowledge of their arrival would derail proposed national agendas. A compromise plan was developed and quickly spun out of control. The betrayal was cleverly reversed. In the end, each man comes to terms with a life left behind. The bittersweet choices wrench at the heart. This fact-based fiction novel leaves the reader questioning what is real, what is fiction, and what is possible.

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Product Details:
Author: Dennis Wesley Clark
Paperback: 390 pages
Publisher: BookSurge Publishing
Publication Date: March 13, 2008
Language: English
ISBN: 1419684361
Product Width: 225.5 centimeters
Product Height: 150.0 centimeters
Product Weight: 1.15 pounds
Package Length: 8.9 inches
Package Width: 6.0 inches
Package Height: 1.1 inches
Package Weight: 1.35 pounds
Average Customer Rating: based on 8 reviews
 
 

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2 of 2 found the following review helpful:

5Best of The Year  Jun 08, 2008
By Sofia Stafford "Sofisintown"
HARD WAY HOME


The story starts with another day of operations at a remote outpost and a camp in Northern Vietnam in 1969 in the middle of the raging war, where you get an eagle's eye view of the day to day life of the American Army stationed there, and the cultural differences and prejudices that color the times... Combat, death and struggle for survival are the order of the day, and seemingly ordinary events turn to extraordinary acts of treason and lethal deception. You witness the action through the eyes of the author with his photographic memory, of every little detail, color, move, expression.
Fast-forward to the end of the war in 1976, and the official agreements for return of POW-MIA's. The story takes off and soars into breath-stopping heights....The dirty little secrets of the government hypocrisy, the escapes, the return and the disillusionment of the men...
Despite the disclaimer of the author about the fictitiousness of this book, and living in the days of another questionable war where Big Brother has a free hand, you can't help but wonder how much of this Historic Fiction is fiction and how much isn't.
I haven't read a book this good for a long time. I'd place it among the best books of War Fiction I have ever read. Well worth the time, and looking forward to the next work of Dennis W. Clark.


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5A very entertaining and suspenseful read.  Jan 17, 2009
By Arlene F. Roth "Avid Reader"
Hard Way Home is a masterful weaving of fact and fiction from an era and a war that left more questions than answers. One question that persists over 30 years later is what really happened to all the POW and MIA's? This book poses one plausible scenario in a very entertaining and suspenseful read. I could not put it down! I can't wait for the sequel!Hard Way Home

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5Hard Way Home  May 05, 2008
By Marcia Bryant
Hard Way Home is a must read for all of us who lived through the years of the Vietnam War.....A new reminder of just what we left behind and a confirmation that all the Veterans who still display their MIA/POW flag, perhaps know far more than any of us ever dreamed possible. Thought provoking, you bet. It's been a week since I finished the book and I'm still asking myself. . . just how much was fact and how much was fiction?

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5Page Turner  Apr 14, 2008
By Betty Bernz "Betty"
This book is a definite page turner. I would suggest reading it before a movie is made. It takes you back to the 1960's and 70's when our country was in such a turmoil over Vietnam. The book gives you some insight into what our young men went through. Fortunately it will still let you sleep at night.

5A good page turner!  Jan 16, 2012
By Granny R
A mix of fact & fiction that was so compelling, I couldn't put it down! Now I'm anxious to read any of Dennis Clark's future works.

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