Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Now available at Audible.com

The Narrator: Sean Runnette.  Sean, an Earphones winner, has directed and produced more than 150 audiobooks, including several Audie Award winners. He is an American Repertory Theater company member and has toured in the US and internationally with ART and Mabou Mines. TV and film appearances include Two If By Sea, Copland, Sex and the City, Law & Order, 3rd Watch, and lots and lots of commercials.

Finalist for the National Book Award: A work that has served as a literary cornerstone for the Vietnam generation


The 13th Valley follows the terrifying Vietnam combat experiences of James Chelini, a telephone-systems installer who finds himself an infantryman in the NVA-infested mountains of I Corps. Spiraling deeper and deeper into a world of conflict and darkness, this harrowing account of Chelini’s plunge and immersion into jungle warfare traces his evolution from semi-pacifist to all-out, combat-crazed soldier. The seminal novel on the Vietnam experience, The 13th Valley is a classic that illuminates the war in Southeast Asia like no other book. It is the first title in Del Vecchio’s Vietnam War trilogy, which also includes For the Sake of All Living Things, about the Cambodian holocaust, and Carry Me Home, which addresses the aftermath of war.


The Author: John M. Del Vecchio is the best-selling author of The 13th Valley and other historical novels on the war in Southeast Asia and the veteran home coming experience. In 1970-71 he was a combat correspondent for the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile), and was awarded a Bronze Star with V device for ground combat. Other writings include For the Sake of All Living Things, Carry Me Home, Darkness Falls, The Bremer Detail, and numerous articles and papers.

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