Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Soldier's HeartISBN13:9780312427825ISBN10:0312427824Author:Samet, Elizabeth D. (Author)Description:Includes A New Afterword By The Authora New York Times Book Review Editors' Choicea Usa Today Best Book Of 2007A Christian Science Monitor Best Book Of 2007What Does It Mean To Teach Literature To A Soldier? How Does It Prepare A Young Man Or Woman For Combat? At West Point, Elizabeth Samet Reads Classic And Modern Works Of Literature With America's Future Military Elite, And In This Stirring Memoir She Chronicles The Ways In Which War Has Transformed Her Relationship To The Books She And Her Students Read Together While Fighting In Iraq And Afghanistan, Samet's Former Students Share Their Thoughts On The Poetry Of Wallace Stevens, The Fiction Of Virginia Woolf And J M Coetzee, The Epics Of Homer, And The Films Of Bogart And Cagney And Their Letters In Turn Prompt Samet To Wonder Exactly What She Owes To Cadets In The Classroom Soldier's Heart Is An Honest And Original Reflection On The Relationship Between Art And Life Forcefully Examining What It Means To Be A Civilian Teaching Literature At A Military Academy, Samet Also Considers The Role Of Women In The Army, The Dangerous Tides Of Religious And Political Zeal Roiling The Country, And The Cult Of Sacrifice She Believes Is Currently Paralyzing National Debate Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:St. Martins Press-3PLPublication Date:2008-09-30Weight:0.6 lbsDimensions:1'' H x 8.2'' L x 5.4'' WNumber of Pages:271Language:English
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Type: Textbook
Book Title: Soldier's Heart : Reading Literature Through Peace and War AT West Point
Item Length: 8.5in.
Item Height: 0.7in.
Item Width: 5.5in.
Author: Elizabeth D. Samet
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Teaching Methods & Materials / Reading & Phonics, Military / United States, American / General, Military, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Subjects & Themes / General
Publisher: Picador
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Biography & Autobiography, Education, Literary Criticism, History
Item Weight: 10.2 Oz
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
