As a child during the Second World War, Gary Paulsen and his mother travelled from Chicago to the Philippines, summoned by his father, a distant, imperious army officer whom Gary had never known.
With his mother, who was sometimes fiercely protective, sometimes selfishly neglectful, Gary witnessed scenes of extreme horror (such as a bloody encounter with sharks in the Pacific), and these memories alternate with tender evocations of his life of a young boy growing up at an extraordinary time.
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An incredible memoir of a wartime childhood
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Black Cloth. Condizione: Very Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: No Dust Jacket. First UK Edition. "In 1945, at age seven, author Paulsen and his mother traveled to battle-scarred Manila to join his father, a military officer who had been absent from Paulsen's life since before World War II." vii, 244pp, pages clean and crisp, black cloth with gilt spine lettering, upper board margins sunned, no dust jacket. Size: 8.75 x 5.5 Inches. Biographical. Codice articolo 015691
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