Old Man in a Baseball Cap - A Memoir of World War II

Informationen zum Autor Fred Rochlin lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife, Harriet. Old Man in a Baseball Cap is his first book. Klappentext 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, aiding in the delivery of a baby by cesarean section, being ordered to obliterate a Hungarian village, or parachuting from his plane in the middle of Yugoslavia and then walking 400 kilometers to safety with an amorous guide, Rochlin captures the Intensely powerful experience of a teenager away from home for the first time. Old Man In a Baseball Cap is an astonishingly fresh, candid look at "the last good war." At once naive, candid, and wise, Fred Rochlin's voice is unforgettable. Zusammenfassung 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, aiding in the delivery of a baby by cesarean section, being ordered to obliterate a Hungarian village, or parachuting from his plane in the middle of Yugoslavia and then walking 400 kilometers to safety with an amorous guide, Rochlin captures the Intensely powerful experience of a teenager away from home for the first time. Old Man In a Baseball Cap is an astonishingly fresh, candid look at "the last good war." At once naive, candid, and wise, Fred Rochlin's voice is unforgettable.

Product details

• Authors: Fred Rochlin
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.10.2000
• EAN: 9780060932275
• ISBN: 978-0-06-093227-5
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 9 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; HISTORY: WORLD, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Military / World War II, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, HISTORY: Military / Afghan War (2001-), JEWISH STUDIES: MEMOIR/BIOGRAPHY, HISTORY: Military / Nuclear Warfare, HISTORY: Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Cultural & Regional