Ebook: Hurricane Street
Author: Kovic Ron
- Tags: Medicine Military, Veterans, Veterans--Medical care, Veterans--Medical care--United States, Veterans--United States, Vietnam War 1961-1975--Veterans--United States, Biographies, Personal narratives, Biography, Kovic Ron, United States. -- Veterans Administration, Veterans -- Medical care -- United States, Veterans -- United States -- Biography, Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Veterans -- United States -- Personal narratives, Veterans -- Medical care, United States
- Year: 2016
- Publisher: Akashic Books
- City: United States
- Language: English
- epub
"The author of Born on the Fourth of July (1976) recounts the brief 1974 movement he initiated to change how Veterans Affairs hospitals cared for wounded soldiers...The great strength of this book is that the author never minces words. With devastating candor, he memorializes a short-lived but important movement and the men who made it happen. Sobering reflections on past treatment of America's injured war veterans."
—Kirkus Reviews
"[A] compelling snapshot of early 1980s activism....Without social media or cell phones to boost the signal, it was Kovic's flair for the dramatic and ability to marshal reporters that turned the protest into a battle victory....Kovic's updates on the fates of his fellow veterans provide a memorable and bittersweet conclusion."
—Publishers Weekly
"The author of the bestseller Born on the Fourth of July writes an impassioned and timely memoir about the 1974 American Veterans Movement...