{"product_id":"trekking-downrange-9781639803859","title":"Trekking Downrange","description":"James Allen Breitweser's poetry collection \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrekking Downrange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003etakes you behind the scenes of war and combat. His poems arise from his own personal experience and are filled with powerful imagery, true-to-life recollections and cutting satire. He writes about days that were \"a treadmill of tedious monotony,\" questions why \"soldiers merit less value and concern than the gear we carry,\" how sometimes \"free will slips away,\" about the difficulty of writing letters home, \"survival only by blocking\/loved ones from thoughts\" and many other topics. The poems retained my attention from the first one to the last. I know I will be returning to read them again and again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTina Hacker, \u003cbr\u003ePoetry Editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eVeterans' Voices\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrekking Downrange\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a marvelous and heart-wrenching collection of verses spanning the poet's service as a medical officer through the Persian Gulf War and the Global War on Terror. The idiosyncrasies of those conflicts are captured lyrically and with immense compassion, touching on the physical and psychic cost of the wars for civilians, enemies, and servicemembers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDavid Ervin, \u003cbr\u003eEditor-in-Chief, \u003cbr\u003eMilitary Experience \u0026amp; the Arts, Inc. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16453953\"\u003eJames Allen Breitweser\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kelsay Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/31\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.18d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781639803859\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1639803858\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44713179971821,"sku":"9781639803859","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_91544379-42bd-4ec5-aab2-457e6f80fd5b.jpg?v=1704082361","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/trekking-downrange-9781639803859","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}