This novel attempts to present a complete, unvarnished, and rounded
portrait of the young manhood and education of a white American
male, RICK STEVENS, in a mid-western state. It depicts his good
qualities as well as his bad ones-his "warts." The span of his life
covered is from infancy to twenty-nine years of age. The years are
from 1928 until 1957. Parts of his life included are: his early
childhood and boyhood growing up on a farm and in a small town in
northeastern Ohio; persecution and verbal abuse by his stepfather;
constant moral support by his mother; his extreme shyness and
inability to socialize during his high school years, his lack of a
father-figure and its effect upon his personality, his dubious
sexual education; his voluntary service in the United States Army
Quartermaster Corps (the peacetime Army from 1946 - 1949); his
clerical and stenographic training and jobs in the Army; his
achievement of the rank of Corporal and then Sergeant; his
friendships with Army buddies; his long automobile trip with
friends through the Western states; his college education (with
help of the GI Bill) at the University of Virginia and Ohio State
University; his friendship and romance with a southern lady; his
college friendships; his failures and his successes; his college
summer jobs on Great Lakes iron ore freighters; his education
courses and preparation for a science teaching career (Glasgow
College, Pa.); his love life and his sex life; his European trip
with his best friend-a fellow sailor and college chum. Moreover,
the novel deals with the nearly complete transmutation of a shy
young man into a gregarious man. Rick Stevens was determined to
overcome his shyness, break out of hisshell, and find friends first
in the Army and later in college. This novel depicts Rick becoming
more of an actor than just a spectator. He was able to eliminate
his laid-back passive behavior, and become a much more aggressive
man-active, outgoing, generous, caring and fun-lo
General
Imprint: |
Authorhouse
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
July 2006 |
First published: |
July 2006 |
Authors: |
Stanley B. Graham
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 40mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
Pages: |
716 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4259-3455-2 |
Categories: |
Books
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LSN: |
1-4259-3455-2 |
Barcode: |
9781425934552 |
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