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Austin, Lynn
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Fiction
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2006
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Baker Book Group - A
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English
β 348 KB
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Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
β Scribed by McCain, John
- Book ID
- 108244458
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 324 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
John McCain is one of the most admired leaders in the United States government, but his deeply felt memoir of family and war is not a political one and ends before his election to Congress. With candor and ennobling power, McCain tells a story that, in the words of Newsweek, "makes the other presidential candidates look like pygmies."
John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. This is a memoir about their lives, their heroism, and the ways that sons are shaped and enriched by their fathers.
John McCain's grandfather was a gaunt, hawk-faced man known as Slew by his fellow officers and, affectionately, as Popeye by the sailors who served under him. McCain Sr. played the horses, drank bourbon and water, and rolled his own cigarettes with one hand. More significant, he was one of the navy's greatest commanders, and led the strongest aircraft carrier force of the Third Fleet in...
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