The Time Mom Met Hitler, Frost Came to Dinner, and I Heard the Greatest Story Ever Told: A Memoir
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1414399847 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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History, Fun, and Emotion All in One Eberhart does a excellent job of telling his story, communicating history of the early 1900's, and relating to the reader at the same time. This book is a masterpiece.. sandra ebaugh said Memoir of the travails and rewards of the author's life history, literary and spiritual aspirations. Dikkon Eberhart was born with literary talent. Trusting it, took time, as he is the son of Pulitzer Prize poet, Richard G. Eberhart.The memoir author knew Robert Frost, Allen Ginsberg, Marianne Moore and many other great mid twentieth century poets, along with some Hollywood actors and writers, who frequently visited his welcoming parents home. When Margaret Ha. Entertaining and Touching Memoir L. Courtney Dikkon seems open and honest in his memoir. He grew up living in the shadow of his father, a great poet. He had a difficult time establishing his own identity. It's a feeling that many of us have- even if we are born to different circumstances. This made the book quite easy to relate to.The author is an awesome story teller. And his life has held many great sto
S. H. Eliot, all of whom flocked to the Eberhart house to discuss, debate, and dissect the poetry of the day. Dinner guests included, among others, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, W. Auden, and T. Anxious to escape his famous father’s shadow, Dikkon struggled for decades to forge an identity of his own, first in writing and then on the stage, before inadvertently stumbling upon the answer he’d been looking for all alongin the most unlikely of places. Brimming with unforgettable stories featuring some of the most colorful characters of the Beat Generation, The Time Mom Met Hitler, Frost Came to Dinner, and I Heard the Greatest Story Ever Told is a winsome coming-of-age story
Despite the high jinks, such an artistically sensitive environment could be frustrating for a young adolescent looking for something to rebel against. He pursued theater before finally realizing that writing was the medium that most deeply inspired him. (Kirkus Reviews)This memoir by the son of the Pulitzer Prize–winning U.S. ‘At war!’ What Dad did about my shattering fury was to be Dad. For example, he furnishes a provocative but breezily anecdotal account of the way family friend T.S. (National Review) . In this often bemusing recounting of an unconventional upbringing, Eberhart describes a family that quietly, even unselfconsciously, displayed its own brand of eccentricity. cummings, Alan Ginsberg, Robert Lowell, and an impressive cas