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“thomas a dooley”

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  • The Edge of Tomorrow

    by Thomas A. Dooley ...
    Dr. Dooley and a tiny staff set up two jungle hospitals in Laos, five miles from the edge of the bamboo curtain where they continue to fight disease and communism with antibiotics and understanding. Dooley was a celebrated person during his campaign for health in Indo-china, pre-Vietnam. A very charismatic and political man, he actually was influential bringing this area of the world to the ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Night They Burned the Mountain

    by Thomas A. Dooley ...
    The famous American doctor who helped found MEDICO tells of the personal battle he fought against cancer while healing the sick in the jungles of Asia. Dooley was a celebrated person during his campaign for health in Indo-china, pre-Vietnam. A very charismatic and political man, he actually was influential bringing this area of the world to the attention of Americans. ... Read more

    $4.18 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Deliver Us From Evil

    The Story of Viet Nam's Fight to Freedom

    by Thomas A. Dooley ...
    The young American who became a living legend to the world tells how as a navy doctor he helped half a million Vietnamese refugees escape from communist terror…This is the true, first-hand narrative of a twenty-seven-year-old Navy Doctor who found himself suddenly ordered to Indo-China, just after the tragic fall of Dien Bien Phu. In a small international compound within the totally Communist ... Read more

    $5.58 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Sacred Willow

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    Four Generations in the Life of a Vietnamese Family

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    A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Duong Van Mai Elliott's The Sacred Willow illuminates recent Vietnamese history by weaving together the stories of the lives of four generations of her family. Beginning with her great-grandfather, who rose from rural poverty to become an influential landowner, and continuing to the present, Mai Elliott traces her family's journey through an era of tumultuous ... Read more

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  • Voices of Vietnamese Boat People: Nineteen Narratives of Escape and Survival

    Nineteen Narratives of Escape and Survival

    by Edited by Mary Terrell Cargill and Jade Quang Huynh ...
    On April 30, 1975, the Hanoi government of North Vietnam took control over the South. South Vietnamese, particularly "intellectuals" and those thought to have been associated with the previous regime, underwent terrible punishment, persecution and "re-education." Seeking their freedom, thousands of South Vietnamese took to the sea in rickety boats, often with few supplies, and faced the dangers of ... Read more

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  • Three Funerals for My Father

    Love, Loss and Escape from Vietnam

    by Jolie Phuong Hoang ...
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  • Laos, Caught In The Web

    by Judy Rantala ...
    The small nation of Laos, wedged between Thailand and Vietnam, is little known to most Westerners. When the author and her husband, a USAID worker, moved to Laos in 1971, it was a quiet country falling increasingly under the effects of a heavy but unacknowledged U.S. military presence as part of a failing effort in Vietnam. Befriended by two young Laotians, the author became a part of village life ... Read more

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  • Stateless: Diary of a Spirited Boy at Napho Camp

    by Sanva Saephan ...
    Displaced by the Secret War in Laos from 1963 to 1975, tens of thousands of highland Laotians, Mienh and Hmong people made the perilous journey across the Mekong River to seek temporary refuge in various camps scattered across Thailand. Many harbored hopes of returning to their home land, while some opted for a new start in foreign countries that would grant them a place under the sun. The author ... Read more

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  • Hello Asia, Vietnam

    Vietnam, putting emphasis on practical interest and reality

    by Hyundai Research Institute ...
    Vietnamese people tend to be gentle yet show strong independence. Also, rather than saving face, they focus on practical interests and prioritize reality to the past. Let's explore the representative symbols and culture of Vietnam, the country that values practicality and reality. ... Read more

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  • The Girl With Ten Names: My Escape from Laos to Freedom

    by Mary Albanese, Choua Lee ...
    In 1979 8-year-old Choua Lee lived in the misty mountains of Laos with her family. When guerrilla soldiers began to destroy the nearby Hmong villages, young Choua and her family were forced to flee. Chased through the jungles and rainforest littered with landmines, they faced many dangers. Choua was separated from her sisters and feared she would never see them again. Through Choua's eyes you will ... Read more

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