{"product_id":"soldier-to-sojourner-the-journal-paperback","title":"Soldier to Sojourner: The Journal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Soldier to Sojourner: The Journal\" is my impression of North Asia in the 1970s. I spent over a year as an officer in the U.S. Army in South Korea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e and close to two years traveling throughout Asia, first as a backpacker and later as a Hippie (yippee-ki-yay). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Journal is a companion piece to my photographic book, surprisingly also called \"Soldier to Sojourner: The Photographs\" (Two books for the price of two books. Such a deal!) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI have documented a time, the 1970s, before the all-pervading Western\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eculture (sex, drugs, and rock and roll in Levi's) and The Economic Miracle changed Asia irrevocably.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book is written from a soldier (At Ease) and traveler (Sojourner for Stupids) viewpoint. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach day in my journey brought new enchantments, incredible beauty, sordid ugliness, joy, and suffering that I tried to capture in words.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Asia of Conrad and Maughan is gone, and the war-torn Asia of Vietnam will also pass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is my vision of Asia, a bright shining light from a galaxy far far away that has already disappeared.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67938777235679,"sku":"9781915662651","price":47.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/1SLnh8dC_X9781915662651_41859194-f89b-479b-a3f3-c1a519c03e18.webp?v=1791384667","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/soldier-to-sojourner-the-journal-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}