Can I read Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author (Thorndike Large Print Lifestyles) on EtoBox?

Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author (Thorndike Large Print Lifestyles) by Wouk, Herman, 1915- author is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Sailor and Fiddler: Reflections of a 100-Year-Old Author (Thorndike Large Print Lifestyles) about?

Many years ago, the British philosopher Sir Isaiah Berlin urged Herman Wouk to write his autobiography. Wouk responded, "Why me? I'm nobody." Berlin answered, "No, no. You've traveled. You've known many people. You have interesting ideas. It would do a lot of good." Now, in the same year he has celebrated his hundredth birthday, Herman Wouk finally reflects on the life experiences that inspired his most beloved novels. Among those experiences are his days writing for comedian Fred Allen's radio show; enlisting in the US Navy during World War II; falling in love with Betty Sarah Brown, the woman who would become his wife (and literary agent) for sixty-six years; writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, The Caine Mutiny; as well as a big hit Broadway play The Caine Mutiny Court Martial; and the surprising inspirations and people behind works like The Winds of War, War and Remembrance, Marjorie Morningstar, and Youngblood Hawke. Written with the wisdom of a man who has lived through two centuries and the wit of someone who began his career as professional comedy writer, the first part of Wouk's memoir ("Sailor") refers to his Navy experience and writing career, the second ("Fiddler")

Author

Wouk, Herman, 1915- author

Publisher

Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781410488626

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Biography