The Patriot

by Evan S. Connell

Book Overview

Another brilliant example of Evan Connell's art, The Patriot deals with an American boy who grew to maturity with World War II. He had learned his father's patriotism, and then, through the impact of firsthand experience, formulated his own.

Melvin Isaacs, aged seventeen, became a Navy Air Force cadet in 1942. His course of training as a flyer was an education in fear and death, even though it had its wonderfully comic times and a sense...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1619023288
• ISBN13: 9781619023284
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Counterpoint LLC
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.8"