ABOUT FACE: THE ODYSSEY OF AN AMERICAN WARRIOR

NY: Simon & Schuster, 1989. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Autobiography of US Army veteran, Colonel Hacknell, who served as the youngest colonel in Vietnam and is among America's most decorated war heroes. Inscribed by him, to author and journalist and Pulitzer Prize winner Frances FitzGerald (b1940) whose watershed 1972 book "Fire in the Lake: The Vietnamese and the Americans in Vietnam" - and winner of 1973 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction - informed so many serious studies of Vietnam that followed. Inscribed on the title page in red ink: "15 April '90 To: Franky, Your book was a great inspiration to me and to spend an evening with you is a great thrill. Warmest regards, Hack" Near fine copy in better than very good dustjacket. (Inventory #: 013613)