The Deer Hunter Author:E. M. Corder It is a powerful, disturbing and compelling look at the Vietnam War through the lives of three blue-collar, Russian-American friends in a small steel-mill town before, during, and after their service in the war. Its title recalls the adventure novels and frontier heroes in the works of James Fenimore Cooper - in fact, only one of the characters ... more »found peace in hunting (before experiencing the effects of the psychologically-wounding war).« less