{"product_id":"boocoo-dinky-dow-my-short-crazy-vietnam-war-paperback","title":"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJulie A. Titone\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eGrady C. Myers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrady Myers was an artistic but aimless teenager in 1968, when, desperate for troops, the U.S. Army overlooked his extreme nearsightedness and transformed him into Hoss, an M-60 machine gunner. His illustrated memoir \"Boocoo Dinky Dow: My short, crazy Vietnam War\" is by turns funny and sobering. Grady recounts his military initiation at Fort Lewis, where there could be a fuzzy line between training and torture. He describes the intensity of Vietnam, where an old man carrying a bundle of sticks posed a moral dilemma and a young man would weigh the burden of his virginity against the dubious pleasures of riverbank prostitutes. Grady's explosives-happy comrades in Charlie Company sometimes posed the greatest danger. But, in a dramatic ambush, that same bunch of crazy soldiers risked their lives to save his. \"Boocoo Dinky Dow\" is how American GIs heard the French\/Vietnamese phrase \"beaucoup dien cai dau\" for \"very crazy.\" For more information, visit www.shortcrazyvietnam.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise from the Pacific Northwest Inlander: \" 'Boocoo Dinky Dow' offers readers a unique, intimate and often humorous glimpse into the absurdity and savagery of Vietnam.\" Grady Myers was a professional artist, working for the Boise and Spokane newspapers and then the U.S. Forest Service. He died in 2011. Co-author Julie Titone is a writer and photographer whose work has appeared in regional, national and international publications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 170\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 10 x 7 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 17, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47602866520317,"sku":"9781467955683","price":27.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/WU5XaVduM2tTV0srRjlNNTRlSzNYdz09.webp?v=1780080777","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/boocoo-dinky-dow-my-short-crazy-vietnam-war-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}