Vietnam: The Land We Never Knew - Softcover

John Balaban

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0877015732 ISBN 13: 9780877015734

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 1989

Synopsis

A fresh, compassionate portrait of a beautiful country and a proud and ancient culture. More than 125 full-color photographs, all taken since 1975, show a surprisingly vibrant nation--the people, their cities and homes, and many spectacular landscapes. The clearly written text places the country and the war in historical context. 125 color photos, drawings, maps.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

Clifford, who served as a combat helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War, revisited the country for extended periods after 1985, accompanied by Vietnamese guide/interpreter Nguyen Duc Quang. "Traveling day after day with Quang, when sometimes cold rice and a banana were our rations, I grasped his distinction between need and desire, and learned something more about the strength of the Vietnamese," he writes. Startlingly picturesque, and far different from familiar wartime images, this collection of some 120 color photographs depicts a Vietnam that most Americans don't know: an eerily untouched natural landscape of mountains, bays and rice fields contrasts with visual vignettes of rural poverty, religious pomp and the barbershops, street markets and soccer fields of workaday lives. Poet Balaban is an English professor at Pennsylvania State University.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From School Library Journal:

YA-- Unlike so many recent books, this one does not deal with the Vietnam conflict. Instead, it's a basic pictorial travelogue that investigates a country most Americans have never experienced--Vietnam at peace. Balaban's text explores the history, culture, geography, and people in a concise manner, which nicely accents Clifford's vivid photographs. No battlefields or war ruins are included--only scenes of the lush countryside, people, and places of worship. --Elise Vidal, Episcopal High School, Bellaire, TX
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 1989
• ISBN 10: 0877015732
• ISBN 13: 9780877015734
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144