first edition
1968 · New York
by SMITH, Maurice L.
New York: Carlton Press, 1968. First Edition. Octavo (21cm). Tan cloth boards; dustjacket; 61pp. Fine, in lightly rubbed pictorial dustwrapper. Thinly-veiled autobiographical fiction, chronicling the adventures of a young African-American soldier in Korea, Vietnam and, finally, in mercenary service fighting with Angolan rebels. At the time of publication, the author was a warrant officer in the U.S. Army Special Forces, stationed in Vietnam. (Inventory #: 24963)