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Old Man in a Baseball Cap: A Memoir of World War II
Old Man in a Baseball Cap A Memoir of World War II
Author: Fred Rochlin
Conceived in a storytelling workshop given by Spalding Gray, Old Man In a Baseball Cap is not your typical story of World War II. Rochlin recounts in gritty detail how he--an ordinary young man--was thrust into outrageous circumstances during an extraordinary time. Whether he's bumping up against the army's bigotry because he's Jewish, ai...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060932275
ISBN-10: 0060932279
Publication Date: 11/1/2000
Pages: 160
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Publisher: Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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A series of short truish stories (at least to the best of the authors memory he openly admits). This book is not for the timid or someone who wants an idealized version of WWII. It is raw in its description of his time as a navigator on bombers; of the atrocities he and others committed. He also shows the humanity that was stripped from him and others in war. He is also very frank and open in his discussion of sex. If you blush easily, I do not recommend this book for you. As the foul language, and vivid descriptions of sex and violence are throughout his stories. With all that said I highly recommend this book.

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