{"product_id":"the-kontum-madonna-paperback","title":"The Kontum Madonna - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJ. Vincent Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDick Adair\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50 years after the war Hansen continues to mine his time in Vietnam as an 18-year-old machine gunner with the 101st Airborne Division. These poems inform us that no soldier ever grows so old as to see a war's final ripple.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. Vincent Hansen\u003c\/b\u003e grew up on a farm near Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. After high school, he spent three years in the Army followed by seven years working in East Africa as an agricultural volunteer with the Maryknoll Fathers. He is the recipient of the 1990 Loft-McKnight Award for Poetry, and a 2009 Bush Artist Fellowship in Poetry. He is the author of the books \u003ci\u003eBlessed Are the Piecemakers, Without Dividend in Mind, The Medicine of Place\u003c\/i\u003e, and a multi-media play, \u003ci\u003eThe Wedding of Tomorrow and Sorrow.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives with his wife, Jeanette, in Sauk Rapids, Minnesota. \u003cb\u003eDick Adair\u003c\/b\u003e (1935-2018) was a Navy journalist and war correspondent for the military newspaper Stars and Stripes and also the author of the book \u003ci\u003eSaigon\u003c\/i\u003e published by Weatherhill in 1971. Later in life his art brought him many awards while working as a cartoonist in Honolulu, Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 112\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 23, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Benjamin Franklin Award (2022)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699630837823,"sku":"9781682011218","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/8be8373cfd51c85dfb226b600a00b7a8.webp?v=1765013968","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/the-kontum-madonna-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}