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City boy by Wouk, Herman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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'City Boy' spins a hilarious and often touching tale of an urban kid's adventures and misadventures on the street, in school, in the countryside, always in pursuit of Lucille, a heartless redhead personifying all the girls who torment and fascinate pubescent lads of eleven. About the Author Herman Wouk (born May 27, 1915) is an bestselling American author, with a number of notable novels to his credit, including The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War, and War and Remembrance. He was born in New York City, into a Jewish family that had immigrated from Russia, and received an A.B. from Columbia University. He was first a radio scriptwriter, and worked with Fred Allen, then in 1941 worked for the US government on radio spots selling war bonds. Wouk then joined the United States Navy and served in the Pacific Theater, an experience he later characterized as educational; "I learned about machinery, I learned how men behaved under pressure, and I learned about Americans." His first ship was the USS Zane, then he was second-in-command on the Southard. He started his writing career onboard, working on a novel during his off-duty hours. He married Betty Sarah Brown in 1945, with whom he had th

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Wouk, Herman
Publisher
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Co
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9780316162975
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure
Rating
3 / 5 (1 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-24

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