That Winter Author:Merle Miller That winter was a period of bitter frustration and bewilderment to Peter, Ted and Lew, who, like other veterans, found the business of living too hard and demanding. Ted, who had too much money and nothing to strive for, took refuge in drinking. Lew ran afoul of racial prejudice by falling in love with the wrong girl. And Peter wandered from g... more »irl to girl and quit his job, searching for the happiness that always eluded him. A compelling tale, unsparing in its reality, of the men who returned from war to a frightened world, clinging savagely to their hopes and dreams because without faith and hope life has no meaning at all.« less