Chasing Ghosts : A Memoir of a Father, Gone to War /

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"When literary biographer and memoirist Louise DeSalvo embarked upon a journey to learn why her father came home from World War II a changed man, she didn't realize her quest would take ten years, and that it would yield more revelations about the man--and herself--and the effect of his mi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: DeSalvo, Louise A., 1942-2018
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015.
Edición:First edition.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942-2018
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942- > Family.
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942- > Childhood and youth.
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942-2018 > Childhood and youth.
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942-2018 > Family.
Fathers and daughters.
Families.
Psychological aspects.
Sailors.
Veterans.
Veterans > Family relationships.
War and society.
Working class men.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Historical.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Personal Memoirs.
Guerre et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Aspect psychologique.
Anciens combattants > Relations familiales > États-Unis.
Peres et filles > États-Unis > Biographies.
Hommes de la classe ouvriere > États-Unis > Biographies.
Marins > États-Unis > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis > Biographies.
War and society > United States > History > 20th century.
World War, 1939-1945 > Psychological aspects.
Veterans > Family relationships > United States.
Fathers and daughters > United States > Biography.
Working class men > United States > Biography.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Biography.
United States.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prologue: Flushing out the Enemy
  • ONE
  • War Stories
  • "Join the Navy, See the World"
  • The Sea, the Sea
  • On the Road to Nowhere, Moving Fast
  • Fly Boy
  • Man o' War's Man
  • Dead as a Doornail
  • A Very Smart Ship
  • A Flower, A Sunburst, A Star
  • The First Death
  • Into the Drink
  • Trouble Board
  • War Games
  • When Pigs Can Fly
  • TWO
  • "The Girl for Me"
  • "Of Couse I Will"
  • Courtship
  • Safe House
  • Lifeboat
  • THREE
  • So Much to Lose, So Much Already Lost
  • Magic Bullet
  • On the Day I Was Born
  • "Hide Your Tears"
  • House Hunting
  • FOUR
  • Secret Code
  • Command Center
  • The Sailor Who Flew Home on Wings of Air
  • A Knock at the Door
  • Just a Very, Very Few of the Many, Many Who Have Died
  • Rage
  • Chasing Ghosts
  • Ship's Model
  • Mopping Up
  • Cargo Cult
  • FIVE
  • Coming Home
  • The Evening News
  • The Last Time My Father Almost Died
  • Epilogue
  • Wearing My Father's Bones.

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