Background
Howes, William Craig was born on February 23, 1955 in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Hay and Merle Eleanor (Luck) Howes. came to the United States, 1977.
(Unsure whether they would be greeted as traitors or heroe...)
Unsure whether they would be greeted as traitors or heroes, POWs returning from Vietnam responded by holding tight to their chosen motto, "Return with Honor." "We're giving the American people what they want and badly need--heroes," said a Vietnam jungle POW. "I feel it's our responsibility, our duty to help them where possible shed the idea this war was a waste, useless, as unpopular as it may have been." In the first book to explore the entire range of memoirs, biographies, and group histories published since America's Vietnam POWs returned home, Craig Howes explores the development of a collective history. He describes how these captives drew upon their national heritage to compose a unified, common story while still in prison, and how individual POWs have responded to this Official Story. Examining what racial, cultural, and political assumptions support this shared Official Story, Howes places the POWs' experiences squarely in the center of American history, and within those larger clashes of opinion and belief which characterized the nation's response to the Vietnam War. The result is an engrossing study of what these captivity narratives can tell us about the POWs, their captors, and America's Vietnam legacy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195086805/?tag=2022091-20
(In the first book to explore the entire range of memoirs,...)
In the first book to explore the entire range of memoirs, biographies, and group histories published since America's Vietnam POWs returned home, Craig Howes describes how these captives drew upon their national heritage to compose a collective history while still in prison, and how individual POWs have responded to this Official Story. Examining what racial, cultural, and political assumptions support this shared Official Story, Howes places the POWs' experiences squarely in the center of American history, and within those larger clashes of opinion and belief which characterized the nation's response to the Vietnam War. The result is an engrossing study of what these captivity narratives can tell us about the POWs, their jailor, and America's Vietnam legacy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0195076303/?tag=2022091-20
Howes, William Craig was born on February 23, 1955 in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. Son of William Hay and Merle Eleanor (Luck) Howes. came to the United States, 1977.
Bachelor with honours, University Toronto, 1977. Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1978. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1980.
Assistant professor English University Hawaii, Honolulu, 1980-1987, associate professor, 1987-1994, professor, since 1994, director Center Biographical Research, since 1997.
(In the first book to explore the entire range of memoirs,...)
(Unsure whether they would be greeted as traitors or heroe...)
Board directors Poets in the Schools, Honolulu, since 1985. Member Council Editors Learned Journals (vice president 1996-1997, president 1998-1999), Hawaii Literature Arts Council (president 1982, Elliott P. Cades award Literature 1994), Modern Language Association.
Married Sara Lois Collins, July 1, 1979. 1 child, William Seth.