The House of Memory: Reflections on Youth and War

Synopsis

In An Entertaining And Tender Memoir, The 90-year-old Author Remembers His Fully Lived Life, From Growing Up Poor In A Brooklyn And Ireland That Now Exist Only In Memory, To Serving In The China/burma/india Theater During World War Ii As A Member Of An Elite U.s. Navy Commando Unit,--novelist. Part One. Youth -- Sailing Against The Tide -- Depression Brooklyn -- The Shadow Of War -- All Will Be Well -- I'm In The Navy Now -- Part Two. War -- Preparing For War -- Shipping Out -- Lost Horizon -- Jade Dragon Snow Mountain -- The Rivers Of Paradise -- The Ungovernable Sea -- Part Three. Memory -- Waves Washing The Sand. John Freely.