Chasing ghosts : a memoir of a father, gone to war

Chasing ghosts : a memoir of a father, gone to war /

"Chasing Ghosts describes how, near the end of his life, the daughter of a veteran of World War II comes to terms with her father, emotionally wounded by his military service through the stories he tells her about his childhood, about his military service in the Navy in the late 1930s, and abou...

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Main Author: DeSalvo, Louise A., 1942-2018
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Fordham University Press, 2015
Edition:First edition.
Series:World War II--the global, human, and ethical dimension.
Subjects:
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942-2018 > Family.
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942-2018 > Childhood and youth.
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942- > Childhood and youth.
DeSalvo, Louise A., > 1942- > Family.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Biography.
World War, 1939-1945 > Veterans > United States > Biography.
Sailors > United States > Biography.
Working class men > United States > Biography.
Fathers and daughters > United States > Biography.
Veterans > Family relationships > United States.
World War, 1939-1945 > Psychological aspects.
War and society > United States > History > 20th century.
Biographies.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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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