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Half a world from all he loves… a wife, daughter and the campus at Kent State… Richard Ames suffers the hell of war. Fondly he reflects on better times, campus traditions, a love affair that blossomed and friends he made. To avoid the draft one friend flees for Canada. Another radicalizes. A clash of cultures brews.
Facing one last mission in Nam, Richard asks God to let him survive. During prime-time, this mission into Cambodia is broadcast by President Nixon sparking four days of protest at Kent, and four students are dead.
- Sales Rank: #804011 in eBooks
- Published on: 2016-01-24
- Released on: 2016-01-24
- Format: Kindle eBook
Review
The last line of a Book Review written by Bob Edmonds appearing in the February 13, 2014 Edition of the "McCormick Messenger" states, "THE BLANKET HILL INSURGENCY is a reading experience that readers will long remember."
From the Author
The Blanket Hill Insurgency is a fictional accounting of a time in our history the Baby Boom Generation lived and (in their own way) struggled with the radical and rapid changes of society. As children, this generation lived in an environment of patriotism as it blossomed following the Second World War. Most possessed faith in the Lord, respect for elders and a belief the United States and its government was the best in the world. Fear of the spread of communism, remnant of the witch-hunts of Senator Joseph McCarthy and Russia launching Sputnik, united most in support of our government's involvement in the Korean Conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis and Southeast Asia.
By the end of the decade of the sixties, change plunged the nation into chaos. Young adults were faced with decisions fueled by events causing each to question their values. The advent of the pill led to a sexual revolution. Escalation in Vietnam, with daily live newscasts, raised doubt about our involvement... especially with so many men facing the military draft. Their trust in the establishment decayed.
Each made their choices. Some retained their childhood values and supported actions in Vietnam or enlisted in the military. Some became pacifists or activists against the government. Thousands were drafted or fled to Canada to avoid the draft. Others joined in radical and some-time violent activities seeking to destroy the establishment. As chaos reached a pinnacle, four students died as National Guardsmen fired into thousands of protesters on Blanket Hill at Kent State University.
Much more than a tragedy, The Blanket Hill Insurgency follows young adults on campus and in the military. They experience the joy of being in love and despondency of breaking up, good times with friends and challenges with antagonists, partying at student taverns and the struggle to maintain grades (to flunk out was a near guarantee to be drafted) and clashes with authority and parents.
I wish the reader the same enjoyment I had writing The Blanket Hill Insurgency.
From the Back Cover
Half a world from all he loves... a wife, daughter andthe campus at Kent State... Richard Ames suffers the hell of war. Fondly hereflects on better times, campus traditions, a love affair that blossomed andfriends he made. To avoid the draft one friend flees for Canada. Anotherradicalizes. A clash of cultures brews.
Facing one last mission in Nam, Richard asks God tolet him survive. During prime-time, this mission into Cambodia is broadcast byPresident Nixon sparking four days of protest at Kent, and four students aredead.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
The real story about what happened at Kent State University!
By Marjorie Appleby
I’m not a history enthusiast and lean toward fiction and fantasy as a way to escape so this was an interesting departure for me. It made me think of when President John F. Kennedy was shot. I can recall exactly what I was doing when the devastating news was broadcast over the school PA system. And I recall the news of the Kent State Massacre…on the radio as I drove home from my job. But I didn’t understand what really happened – until I read The Blanket Hill Insurgency.
As an emerging author and avid reader, I choose books based upon certain criteria. I want to be swept away to places I’ve never been to and entertained while learning something new. I didn’t know the real story of what happened that fateful day in May 1970.
Kent State University was located less than an hour from my house and it was devastating to think that something like that could happen so close to home! This single event brought the question most people had on their minds…should the United States even be in the Vietnam War.
Author Terry L. Wilson brings a new perspective to what took place at a juncture in our history, at a quiet campus, in the little town of Kent, Ohio. He starts by transporting the reader into the Vietnam jungle, and then slingshot us in and out of what transpires before and after the tragic event.
I now have a new understanding and appreciation of how this tragic event unfolded. As Mr. Wilson masterfully brings us along with him on this journey through life on a college campus, as well as a peek into Army life during the Vietnam War, he gives credence to this thought provoking and inspirational subject. His characters show extraordinary behavior along with a deep understanding of faith that encourages hope.
I recommend reading The Blanket Hill Insurgency in order to understand what really happened during this conflict. Mr. Wilson tackled this delicate subject nicely. Bravo!
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
Great book that captures campus life and the moral conflict of the Viet Nam war during the mid to late '60s
By L. R. Brown
In his book, The Blanket Hill Insurgency, the author Terry Wilson, weaves a story about post-World War II teens as they experience life around traditional family values and anticipate with excitement graduating from high school and stepping out on their own to challenge the world.
Wilson introduces the reader to Richard "Dick" Ames in the jungles of Viet Nam trying to stay alive. Through a series of flashbacks, the story of The Blanket Hill Insurgency unfolds.
Ames grew up poor, but he was hardworking and intelligent. His desire to pursue a degree in architect almost didn't happen when his father's business failed. Ames gave up his college money to help the family survive. A local businessman saw Ames' potential and funded his college expenses to Kent State. During his first year at KS, Ames experienced the emotions of many freshman; romance, love, sex, and conflict. Drugs, class demands, new friends and old high school rivals paint a picture of college life in the mid to late '60s. Wilson brings the Kent State campus to life through Ames and his friends.
In south east Asia, the Viet Nam war was ramping up and this brought great moral conflict to many students. The patriotic felt the war was justified to stop the spread of communism. More radically minded students felt the war was about large corporations reaping profits from the sales of goods and arms to the military. The radical's believed the universities across the nation were a major contributor to this war's effort via ROTC programs and the development of new weapons. They wanted these programs eliminated. Violence was one of the tools the radicals students employed to promote this agenda. The introduction of the military draft added fuel to their determination to eliminate the programs.
Ames and his friends were caught up in this sea of change while at Kent State and witnessed the dark side of the conflicts that developed. For those of us in college during this time, Wilson's story will definitely resonate and bring back memories filed away over the past 45-50 years. For those born after the '60s, it will give insight into the life that many of their parents experienced. I highly recommend this book.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful.
It’s the quiet subtly of this book that makes it potent
By Susan Ward
In a very restrained, well written style this book brought back to me many things I haven’t thought of in years. In a thorough portrait of a group of friends attending Kent State in the 60s, we see the prior American culture first mingle with the emerging culture, the culture clash, the confusion over the world, and how truly random one’s destiny can be. Unlike too many authors, Terry Wilson Does Not over play a single card. Instead of rushing in and painting epic, romanticized tales of the 60s, he tells his tale simply and with great honesty. It is a story worth telling, worth reminding us all of, and a story that would have been diminished if told in any other way. The end surprised me, because I wanted to remain hopeful for the characters. Perhaps that is the greater message. That in all that happened during this period, there was great loss and we need be reminded of that. A worthy read I would highly recommend. Particularly to young adults.
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