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An American Requiem : God, My Father, and the War That Came Between Us: a National Book Award Winner by James Carroll (1997, Trade Paperback)

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An American Requiem is the story of one man's coming of age. But more than that, it is a coming to terms with the conflicts that disrupted many families, inflicting personal wounds that were also social, political, and religious. Carroll grew up in a Catholic family that seemed blessed. His father had abandoned his own dream of becoming a priest to rise through the ranks of Hoover's FBI and then become one of the most powerful men in the Pentagon, the founder of the Defense Intelligence Agency. Young Jim lived the privileged life of a general's son, dating the daughter of a vice president and meeting the pope, all in the shadow of nuclear war, waiting for the red telephone to ring in his parents' house. He worshiped his father until Martin Luther King, Jr., the civil rights movement, turmoil in the Catholic Church, and then Vietnam combined to outweigh the bond between father and son. These were issues on which they would never agree. Only after Carroll left the priesthood to become a writer and husband with children of his own did he come to understand fully the struggles his father had faced. In this work of nonfiction, the best-selling novelist draws on the skills he honed with nine much-admired novels to tell the story he was, literally, born to tell. An American Requiem is a benediction on his father's life, his family's struggles, and the legacies of an entire generation.

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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
039585993x
ISBN-13
9780395859933
eBay Product ID (ePID)
11038777853

Product Key Features

Book Title
American Requiem : God, My Father, and the War That Came between US: a National Book Award Winner
Author
James Carroll
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Religious, Military / Vietnam War, Military / Afghan War (2001-), American / General, Clergy, Military
Publication Year
1997
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, Religion, History
Number of Pages
352 Pages

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Item Length
8.2in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz

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Reviews
"A tragic, moving book about a family torn apart by the Vietnam War, a young man looking for God, a writer finding his voice." -- Boston Magazine, "Autobiography at its best." Publishers Weekly "A tragic, moving book about a family torn apart by the Vietnam War, a young man looking for God, a writer finding his voice." -- Boston Magazine, "Autobiography at its best." -- Publishers Weekly "A tragic, moving book about a family torn apart by the Vietnam War, a young man looking for God, a writer finding his voice." -- Boston Magazine "I cannot recall being more touched by a book about a real family since John Gunther's Death Be Not Proud." -- Stephen S. Rosenfeld, Washington Post "A flawlessly executed memoir." -- National Book Award citation "A work of the heart. . . . perhaps the most moving drama of fathers and sons that I have ever read." -- Christopher Tilghman, Washington Post Book World "A magnificent portrayal of two noble men who broke each other's hearts." -- Booklist "A personal and political memoir in a class by itself. Rich in ideas and historical detail, a personal story that makes you think - about politics, parents, children and God." -- USA Weekend "One of those books that even as you are reading it, you know you will never forget. James Carroll is well recognized as a master storyteller. In this, his own story, he touches us as only a gifted writer can, and more so because it is true." -- David McCullough "Of all the memoirists who have set out to 'tell the truth' of a life and a crucial relationship, very few have ever succeeded so convincingly as James Carroll, in this poetic and achingly honest account of his lifelong struggle with his father to find a basis for mutual respect and love, an effort finally foundering on the Vietnam War. It is the story, never told better, of a generational faultline splitting households all across America. I couldn't put it down till its last, haunting sentence." -- Daniel Ellsberg
Copyright Date
1997
Lccn
95-052125
Dewey Decimal
813/.54 B
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Illustrated
Yes

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