Growing up Patton : Reflections on Heroes, History, and Family Wisdom Paperback - 2012 - 1st Edition
by Patton, Benjamin, Scruby, Jennifer
- Used
This unique memoir by the grandson of General George S. Patton, Jr. offers a rare and intimate look into the life of the legendary man and the legacy he passed down from one generation to the next. It includes never-before-published letters between General George S. Patton and his son during World War II, as well as unseen family photographs.
Description
Details
- Title Growing up Patton : Reflections on Heroes, History, and Family Wisdom
- Author Patton, Benjamin, Scruby, Jennifer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition number 1st
- Edition 1
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 368
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group
- Date 2012-11-06
- Features Bibliography, Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # 8069778-6
- ISBN 9780425255940 / 0425255948
- Weight 1.2 lbs (0.54 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.82 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.08 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Library of Congress subjects United States, Fathers and sons - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
In revealing personal correspondence written between 1939 and 1945, General Patton Jr. espoused his ideals to Benjamin’s father, then a cadet at West Point. Dispensing advice on duty, heroism and honor with the same candor he used ordering the Third Army across Europe, Patton shows himself to be as dynamic a parent as a military commander.
Following in those famous footsteps, Benjamin’s father became a respected and decorated hero of both the Korean and Vietnam wars. Ironically, as he rose to major general, he also proved himself just as brave, flamboyant, flawed and inspiring as his father had been.
A study of a great American original, Growing Up Patton features some of the pivotal figures in Benjamin’s father’s life, including Creighton Abrams, the WWII hero who became his greatest mentor; Charley Watkins, a daredevil helicopter pilot in Vietnam; Manfred Rommel, the son of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel; Joanne Patton, the author’s mother and a resourceful fighter in her own right; and Benjamin’s mentally challenged brother, George. Growing Up Patton explores how the Patton cultural legacy lives on, and in the end, reveals how knowing the history of our heritage—famous or not—can lead to a deeper understanding of ourselves.
INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED LETTERS BETWEEN GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON AND HIS SON DURING WORLD WAR II
INCLUDES NEVER-BEFORE-PUBLISHED FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
