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"It is 1951 when sixteen-year-old Swayze Barksdale watches the young men of Fisk's Landing, Mississippi, march off to a faraway place called Korea. Too young to serve overseas, Swayze is soon called to unexpected duty at home: a local boy is an early casualty of the war, and Swayze is enlisted to play "Taps" at his graveside. Gradually, Swayze begins to pace his life around these all too frequent funerals, where his horn sounds the tragic note of the times.". "Still, life in Fisk's Landing goes on, with its comforting rhythms, hilarious mishaps, moments of pure joy. Young love blossoms,…
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2 editions- Other · English · 2002Mariner Books · 352 pages · 9780618219025
- Other · English · 2001Houghton Mifflin · 340 pages · 9780618098590
Teenage boysBildungsromansFictionAmerican ParticipationKorean War, 1950-1953Fiction, generalMississippi, fictionKorean war, 1950-1953, fiction