Jack Estes will be signing books at booth 39 at the Portland Book Festival on November 10th.

Jack Estes is the author of the critically acclaimed Vietnam memoir, A Field of Innocence – Finalist for the Oregon Book Awards- and his equally powerful, recent novel, A Soldier’s Son. His articles and essays have appeared in Newsweek, The Wall Street Journal, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Houston Chronicle, Oregonian and Timberline Review. Praise for A Soldier’s Son includes Karl Marlantes, author of the epic novel Matterhorn. “All veterans and their loved ones should read this story of a father’s love, loss, and courage, at home and at war.”

About his novel

A Soldier’s Son is the powerful and redeeming story of a father’s haunting memories of Vietnam, and his desperate mission to Iraq, to save his son. As riveting, as it is lyrical, A Soldier’s Son skillfully presents the effect of war on families both in the moment and decades later. Find out more.