The Chicken Thief Soldier

The reader is invited to take the tumultuous journey from Valley Forge in 1777 to Vietnam in 1975. The journey begins with the Chicken Soldier who is killed at Valley Forge, and it continues with the modern Chicken Soldier, who grows up in Valley Forge and fights in Vietnam. It is the story of two friends who take this journey together. As they overcome major conflicts in high school and then even greater conflicts in Vietnam, they demonstrate the great strength of youth and the value of friendship in a complex, dangerous, and ever-changing world.