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  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807072769
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $36.00
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My River Home



During the course of the war in Iraq, many veterans have become increasingly disillusioned, and increasingly vocal. Many began seeing the war as damaging for the country, and especially for the men and women fighting overseas. In My River Home, Marcus Eriksen, a veteran of the Gulf War, charts his personal shift from proud Marine to self-destructive veteran to engaged activist protesting the injustices of the Iraq War with Veterans for Peace. Eriksen made sense of this transition only after a fascinating adventure traveling through the heart of America, down the entire length of the great Mississippi River on a homemade raft.

  • Published: 1 September 2018
  • ISBN: 9780807072769
  • Imprint: Beacon Press
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Pages: 272
  • RRP: $36.00
Categories:

About the author

Marcus Eriksen

Marcus Eriksen is the cofounder and director of research for the 5 Gyres Institute, with firsthand experience from more than twenty ocean-crossing expeditions, and he has written and published research on the impact of plastic pollution in the world’s oceans. He is the author of My River Home: A Journey from the Gulf War to the Gulf of Mexico.

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