| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
276 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Goodbye to all that -- John Howard Swofford -- Fairfield to Billings, the joker is out of breath, April 2009 -- Brother, to thy sad graveside am I come -- Letter from my father -- Bethesda -- Welcome to fabulous Las Vegas -- Freddy Business -- Genesis : an imagining -- Atlanta to Austin, dead Swoffords, August 2010 -- The girl from Tarawa Terrace II -- Fairfield to Aspen, getting the venom out, March 2011 -- Oh Josephine. |
| Summary |
Describes how the author found redemption from a life of drugs, alcohol, fast cars, and women by taking a series of RV trips with his ailing, Vietnam veteran father and a chance encounter with his future wife. |
| Subject |
Swofford, Anthony.
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Swofford, Anthony -- Relations with women.
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Swofford, Anthony -- Family.
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Swofford, Anthony -- Drug use.
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Authors, American -- Biography.
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Persian Gulf War, 1991 -- Veterans -- United States -- Biography.
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Veterans -- Mental health -- United States.
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Veterans -- Family relationships -- United States.
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Veterans -- Drug use -- United States.
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Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9781455506736 hardback |
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1455506737 hardback |
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