Chasing Ghosts: A Memoir of a Father, Gone to War

by Louise DeSalvo

Book Overview

When literary biographer and memoirist Louise DeSalvo embarked upon a journey to learn why her father came home from World War II a changed man, she didn't realize her quest would take ten years, and that it would yield more revelations about the man--and herself--and the effect of his military service upon their family than she'd ever imagined. During his last years, as he told her about his life, DeSalvo began to understand that her obsession...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823268845
• ISBN13: 9780823268849
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.4"