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Sailor and fiddler reflections of a 100-year-old author

Sailor and fiddler reflections of a 100-year-old author

Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019, author.
Large Print 2016

Many years ago, the British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin urged Herman Wouk to write his autobiography. Wouk responded, "Why me? I'm nobody." Berlin answered, "No, no. You've traveled. You've known many people. You have interesting ideas. It would do a lot of good." Now, in the same year he has celebrated his hundredth birthday, Herman Wouk finally reflects on the life experiences that inspired his most beloved novels. Among those experiences are...

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Wouk, Herman, 1915-2019
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ISBN:
9781410488626
1410488624
Edition:
Large Print edition
Description:
265 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
large print
Contents:
No autobiography, and why not
Not that interesting a person
The main task I
The main task II
Inside, outside
The hope and the glory
Control Number:
1639575
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