Mysteries of My Father

Name: Mysteries of My Father
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ISBN: 9780471655152

ISBN-10: 0471655155

ISBN-13: 9780471655152

Edition: 2005

Authors: Thomas Fleming

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A son comes of age in a fiercely political world "You and your brother-you're all I've got!" This cry of anguish from his politician father's lips changed 16-year-old Tom Fleming's life. Set in Jersey City, where Frank Hague, the ultimate boss, ruled by fear and favor, Mysteries of My Father is a heart-searing exploration of fatherhood and sonship in a world where power was seemingly the final arbiter in everyone's life. The book opens with the mysterious return of a gold ring given to Fleming by his father and lost 30 years earlier when he was visiting the Argonne battlefield, where his father fought in World War I. The story received wide TV and print coverage, including People and the…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2005
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Size: 6.54" wide x 9.34" long x 1.14" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Author's Note


Acknowledgments



A Message from the Past



The Bad Old Days



An Uptown World



Three Beauties



My Rosary



The Sporting Life



The Escape Artist



Salesman's Blues



To Europe with Love



You're in the Army Now



The Limits of Love



Over There



Argonne



Home Is the Hero



The Man in Charge



The Big Win



Sweethearts



The Birth of the Blues



Leader



Two Circles of Love



Street Angel, House Devil



One True Faith



I Can't Live with That Man



All I've Got



The Guy in the Glass



You're in the Navy Now



Swabbie



What's Philosophy?



Decline and Fall



Heartbreak House



The Last Lesson



Hail and Farewell


Index