War's Wake: How a GI-Bill veteran and a sophomore lost their way in the time of Harry Truman and Alger Hiss and fell into paradise on a magical island in Washington ParkXlibris Corporation, 13 de set. de 2005 - 332 páginas A Love Story from the Aftermath of World War II THEY SEEMED MADE FOR EACH OTHER: young and in love, and filled with dreams. But something went terribly wrong. Was it the awful aftermath of the war? Or something more? Something incomprehensible. Something never anticipated or perceived. On a university campus bulging with ex-GIs, a traumatized combat veteran and an idealistic sophomore fell madly in love. Years later, the long-dead sophomore, invading his computer as he tries to make a novel of his life, lures him back to reprise what went wrong. Their bittersweet reassessments and besotted indulgences provide a wacky tour of Truman-era morality, a sobering look at postwar USA, and an ardent time-travel love story about memory, commitment, and the decisive decisions that frame our lives. Along the way readers may: Join the American Veterans Committee (AVC), a new WW II veterans organization with the idealistic slogan "Citizens First, Veterans Second"; Cheer Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., Charles Bolte, Cord Meyer, and others as they battle the American Communist Party for control of AVC; Integrate a bar near the campus that refused to serve Blacks; Attend a seminar led by Alger Hiss, later accused as a Soviet spy; Go to a riotous Communist Party rally and emerge intact and wiser; Vote for Thomas Dewey, Strom Thurmond, Harry Truman, or Henry Wallace in the 1948 presidential election; Get married as a dazzled Episcopal priest mingles the Christian Science of Mary Baker Eddy with Saint Paul as the lights go low in the funky little Episcopal Church near the campus; and Relive that crazy and wonderful year, 1948, when in the glow of youth, the end of World War II, and the establishment of the United Nations, all the world seemed filled with promise even as the beginning of the Cold War cast ever-darkening shadows. Within this beautifully written, brainy, and often witty love story, are a plethora of observations about war and its repercussions, love and its consequences, memory and its caprices, writing and its perils, and death and its regenerations. "War ́s Wake" is a fun-to-read fantasy even within the poignant, nostalgic sadness of its main story line. Order here online or via TOLL-FREE PHONE: 1-888-795-4274 "War ́s Wake," the novel, is a sequel to the memoir "Dear Captain, et al.: the Agonies and the Ecstasies of War and Memory" World War II love stories Message board |
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... walked across the island's threshold. Their cardinal rule is that she is always carried. As she continues toward him, he gradually becomes aware that she is making no progress. She is not coming closer. He starts to walk to her but the ...
... walked across the island's threshold. Their cardinal rule is that she is always carried. As she continues toward him, he gradually becomes aware that she is making no progress. She is not coming closer. He starts to walk to her but the ...
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... walked down the grassy lawn beyond the statue of the two women and onto the oval patio in front of the theatre building , Will knew that he would . He noticed that her head was held a tad higher as she went , confident that she had made ...
... walked down the grassy lawn beyond the statue of the two women and onto the oval patio in front of the theatre building , Will knew that he would . He noticed that her head was held a tad higher as she went , confident that she had made ...
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... The time to mourn had come. Decrying the subway or a taxi, he walked through drizzle all the way back to his empty apartment in Greenwich Village. Finding it emptier than ever he changed his wet clothes and went down 37 WAR'S WAKE.
... The time to mourn had come. Decrying the subway or a taxi, he walked through drizzle all the way back to his empty apartment in Greenwich Village. Finding it emptier than ever he changed his wet clothes and went down 37 WAR'S WAKE.
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... walked back to their work stations while Dewey's entourage pulled up beside the aircraft : “ Hope the guy doesn't punch him in the nose , " she said . What would she say if she saw him now , confused and walking into nowhere . On the ...
... walked back to their work stations while Dewey's entourage pulled up beside the aircraft : “ Hope the guy doesn't punch him in the nose , " she said . What would she say if she saw him now , confused and walking into nowhere . On the ...
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... walked the more he believed he had seen Hattie. There was a faint recollection of an argument about a manuscript. And something about a marriage ceremony and Nuckles speeding them away in his Alfeo Romeo. Yes, not only had he seen her ...
... walked the more he believed he had seen Hattie. There was a faint recollection of an argument about a manuscript. And something about a marriage ceremony and Nuckles speeding them away in his Alfeo Romeo. Yes, not only had he seen her ...
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Chapter Seven | 83 |
Chapter Eight | 94 |
Chapter Fifteen | 165 |
Chapter Seventeen | 187 |
Chapter Eighteen | 195 |
Chapter Nineteen | 204 |
Chapter Twenty | 217 |
Chapter TwentyOne | 228 |
Chapter TwentyTwo | 238 |
Chapter TwentyThree | 244 |
Chapter Nine | 100 |
Chapter | 108 |
Chapter Eleven | 120 |
Chapter Twelve | 131 |
Chapter Fourteen | 154 |
Chapter TwentyFour | 260 |
Chapter TwentyFive | 274 |
Epilogue | 281 |
Acknowledgments | 327 |
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