Umfang:
Online-Ressource (xx, 156 p)
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ill., ports
Ausgabe:
1st ed
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
1603447709
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1603448152
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9781603447706
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9781603448154
Serie:
Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series no. 140
Inhalt:
Hundreds of novels have been written about young men coming of age in war. And millions of young men have, in fact, come of age in combat. This is the story of Joe Ted (Bud) Miller, as told by his daughter, based on the daily letters he wrote to his family in 1944 and 1945. Bud's journalistic skills show in his letters and fill his reports with a wealth of objective detail, as well as articulate reflections on his feelings about his experiences. Katherine I. Miller, a communication scholar, brings to her father's letters-which form the centerpiece of the book-her scholarly training in
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Prologue: a box full of letters -- Bud joins the army -- Bud goes to war -- Family and fatherhood -- Buddies and girlfriends -- Work and bureaucracy -- Public and private morality -- Epilogue: a reluctant member of the greatest generation.
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781603447744
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781603448154
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe War Makes Men of Boys : A Soldier's World War II
Sprache:
Englisch
