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""Return To Eden""
I found Mr. Smallwood's compilation of essays to be highly engaging, each one laced with potent recollections and passionate insight into an amazing, albeit troubling, time and place in our nation's history. I can't imagine what it must have been like for our soldiers to endure such horrors during the Vietnam War, or any war for that matter, but as I read on, I often felt like I was right there, transported through time, shadowing Tucker as he and his Mobile Advisory Team traversed the canals, rivers, rice paddies and swamps of the Mekong Delta. Written with power and grace, and tinged with the occassional humorous anecdote, "Return to Eden" provides the reader with an... More > accessible porthole through which one can journey back in time to share this unique individual's incredible journey. Hats off to Mr. Smallwood for his undying service to our country, and for his generosity in sharing with us his personal triumph. Carpe diem! Can't wait for the next one. -Robert K. Townsend < Less

"East of Eden" I spent about 2 hours tonight immersed in your book and really enjoyed the journey. It was such an easy read, it felt like we were sitting over a beer (or 6) and reminiscing about old times and sharing memories of those times. Brought back memories; rekindled my long-held desire to someday return to Saigon, Nha Trang and Kontum especially. My first tour, in particular, as an SF medic, seems like another life altogether.
Claude Cooper, LTC (Ret), SF

"Return to Eden" As a member of the Mekong Delta Water Ski Club (Go Cong / Hoa Binh Chapter), I found Smallwood saying my thoughts and using my words. Thirtyseven years melted away as I returned to maps without contour lines, smiling agreements to not agree and ending a day of firefights by watching Rick Jason in "Combat."

Unlike most "combat memoires" Tucker Smallwood deals with the aftermath that many Vets won't talk about. An incredibly honest story told in bite size chapters.

Rick Gandenberger MACV MAT IV-29 IV-30

"Memoirs In Brief: Return To Eden" Tucker Smallwood, an actor of some renown, has compiled short, autobiographical essays about his tour of duty, about his family and career, and about his return to Vietnam in Return To Eden. It is an easy and intriguing read. But it is one leaving the reader hankering for more...We look forward to a second, expanded edition.

The Veteran - Nov/Dec 2006
The Official Voice of Vietnam Veterans of America

"Return To Eden By Tucker Smallwood" Each individual tour of duty in Vietnam was unique.If you want just a taste of what it was like to be a Mobile Advisory Team Leader in Vietnam,read this book.Its not your typical war story. Sure,there are some combat passages. Hell,the man almost died over there. But you will laugh at the incredulity of water skiing in a combat zone.You'll see the humor in the fire drill of script change day.The respect and admiration he felt for his Vietnamese counterpart is palpable.He shares the pain of civilian losses.He suffers his own pain.Ultimately he gets a parade and moves on with his life.But he never forgets.He returns to this country,to his place of life alteration and finds the children most notable.This is a good book.I know first hand what an Advisor did and this is our story.
Daniel P.Reimer
1LT,Infantry
Senior Advisor,Mobile Advisory Team 26, II Corps,Tuyen Duc Province,Republic of Vietnam, 1970-71