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Dear Father, Dear Son, two lives-- eight hours, Larry Elder

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Dear Father, Dear Son, two lives-- eight hours, Larry Elder

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dear Father, Dear Son

Oclc number

800025121

Responsibility statement

Larry Elder

Sub title

two lives-- eight hours

Summary

"A man's relationship with his father: every boy, every man lucky enough to have a father in his life has to figure that out. My own father? I thought I knew him- even though he seldom talked about himself. And what I knew I hated - really, really hated. Cold, ill-tempered, thin-skinned, my father always seemed on the brink of erupting. Scared to death of him, I kept telling myself to find the courage to 'stand up to him.' When I was fifteen, I did. We did not speak to each other for ten years. And then we did- for eight hours. 'Dear Father, Dear Son' takes a journey of American history through the eyes of a father- from his dirt-poor Jim Crow Southern childhood, to the segregated Marine Corps of World War II, to a janitor turned California business man. Hard memories. One man discovered a son he never really knew. And the son found a man, a friend, a father who had really been there all along."--p.[4] of dust jacket

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