Bibliograph

In the shadow of freedom, a heroic journey to liberation, manhood, and America, Tchicaya Missamou ; with Travis Sentell

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In the shadow of freedom, a heroic journey to liberation, manhood, and America, Tchicaya Missamou ; with Travis Sentell

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

In the shadow of freedom

Oclc number

317383520

Responsibility statement

Tchicaya Missamou ; with Travis Sentell

Sub title

a heroic journey to liberation, manhood, and America

Summary

"In an exciting contemporary immigration story, Missamou celebrates the shining perfection of America, where he has found a home as a marine leader. Always he remembers growing up in Brazzaville, in the Republic of Congo, where he witnessed and participated in unspeakable atrocities as a child soldier, until he escaped at 19 and traveled first to Europe and then, at last, to the U.S. After enlistment in the marines, he sailed through boot camp in California, graduating at the top of the class. The narrative weaves together past and present, Missamou?s memories of home and of leaving, and then his service in Iraq and as an American marine in Brazzaville in 2004. The fast and bloody action unfurls from the perspective of both victim and victor: Look your enemy in the eye when you kill him. That celebration of the glory of war in the pursuit of freedom does not really match with the many inspirational quotes interspersed in the text from Mandela, King, and Obama. But the patriotic message about America, my true home, is hard-earned and heartfelt."--from Booklist

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