"The Fugitive Self" is a tribute to a distinguished career spanning fifty years in American letters. At once meditative, whimsical, and hard-hitting, it illuminates the spiritual cost of American expansion.
"Nothing we'd been counting on"
"all the time we'd waited"
"was waiting when we arrived."
"Only more waiting--"
John Wheatcroft is the author of twenty books in three genres, a WWII combat veteran, and professor emeritus at Bucknell University. He has a well-known following--Peter Balakian, Bruce Smith, Tom Gardner, Betsy Sholl--who believes his work is seminal to understanding violence now and in the second half of the twentieth century.
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"The Fugitive Self" is a tribute to a distinguished career spanning fifty years in American letters. At once meditative, whimsical, and hard-hitting, it illuminates the spiritual cost of American expansion.
"Nothing we'd been counting on"
"all the time we'd waited"
"was waiting when we arrived."
"Only more waiting--"
John Wheatcroft is the author of twenty books in three genres, a WWII combat veteran, and professor emeritus at Bucknell University. He has a well-known following--Peter Balakian, Bruce Smith, Tom Gardner, Betsy Sholl--who believes his work is seminal to understanding violence now and in the second half of the twentieth century.
Imprint | Etruscan Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | November 2009 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 15 - 20 working days |
First published | November 2009 |
Authors | John Wheatcroft |
Dimensions | 232 x 161 x 16mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 218 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-9797450-9-6 |
Barcode | 9780979745096 |
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LSN | 0-9797450-9-8 |