Classic and timeless.
His experiences overseas, as well as the terrible way he was treated when he came back, made Kovic\'s book one of the antiwar mo. --NewsdayBorn on the Fourth of July chronicles Kovic\'s transformation from a gung-ho soldier entering the Vietnam War to his return home as a paralyzed man.
Kovic\'s new book, Hurricane Street, chronicles the 1970s activism of the American Veterans Movement.
The anniversary edition features a foreword by Bruce Springsteen. --OmnivoraciousForty years ago the Vietnam vet from Massapequa--wounded in combat and in a wheelchair ever since--published his classic war memoir, later made into a film with Tom Cruise.
That\'s right, the Boss sets the tone for this extremely powerful and moving memoir in a way that you won\'t want to miss. --ExaminerFor the 40th anniversary of the book, which became a movie in the \'80s starring Tom Cruise, a new print edition was issued with a foreword written by Bruce Springsteen, and the audiobook is the only place where you can hear Bruce read his foreword directly to you. --New York Daily NewsThere is no better time than Independence Day to listen to] The Boss\' iconic voice on the foreword and this great work of art.
Bruce Springsteen narrates a foreword he wrote in the new audiobook edition of Born on the Fourth of July, Ron Kovic\'s anti-Vietnam War memoir. --NMEHe was Born in the U.
S.
A.--and on the 4th of July. --Hollywood ReporterThe 1976 book, which was made into an Oscar winning film starring Tom Cruise in 1989, details Kovic\'s period in the Vietnam War as a fierce, pro-war patriot before he became an outspoken peace activist after an injury paralysed him and he returned home to a cold reception.
Kennedy to join the marines to the traumatic 1968 wartime injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down to his emergence as an outspoken anti-war activist. --BillboardKovic\'s book follows him from star high school wrestler to a patriotic American inspired by John F.
It\'s no coincidence that \'Born in The U.
S.
A.\' tells very much the same tale. --Rolling StoneBorn on the Fourth of July tells the story of its author\'s transition from war hawk to protestor after being paralyzed in Vietnam, and coming home to a lukewarm reception. --New York TimesThe book details Kovic\'s entering of the Vietnam War as a fierce, pro-war patriot before becoming an outspoken peace activist after an injury paralyzed him and he returned home to a cold reception.
Classic and timeless
