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Honey Bucket Charlie by Benjamin Luke Comeau and Lewis H. Carlson (2014, Hardcover)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherAustin STATE University Press, Stephen F.

ISBN-10162288082X

ISBN-139781622880829

eBay Product ID (ePID)20038659572

Product Key Features

Book TitleHoney Bucket Charlie

Number of Pages140 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / Korean War, Art & Politics, Military

Publication Year2014

IllustratorYes

GenreArt, Biography & Autobiography, History

AuthorBenjamin Luke Comeau, Lewis H. Carlson

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight36.9 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width10.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-300861

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromNinth Grade

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Dewey Decimal951.9

SynopsisBased on a series of one hundred pen and ink drawings by Captain Benjamin Comeau, a POW at Camp #1 in Korea from 1950-53, Honey Bucket Charlie contains letters Comeau wrote during his time in the prison camp, as well as photographs and interviews with his son, brother, and grandson. From Central Texas, Comeau enlisted in the Marine Corps during World War II, was wounded at Iwo Jima, left the Marine Corps and then joined the army in time for service as an infantryman in the Korean War. He was taken as a POW by the Chinese in November of 1951 and remained a prisoner until June of 1953. Comeau remained in the army and later served a year in Vietnam. He was an extraordinary man who has left us an equally extraordinary group of drawings describing his time as a POW. Honey Bucket Charlie has an introductory chapter by author and scholar Lewis Carlson., Based on a series of one hundred pen and ink drawings by Captain Benjamin Comeau, a POW at Camp #1 in Korea from 1950-1953, Honey Bucket Charlie contains letters Comeau wrote during his time in the prison camp, as well as photographs and interviews with his son, brother, and grandson.

LC Classification NumberUA29