Häftad, Engelska, 2003
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2004
317 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2004
272 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2005
313 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2005
266 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2007
217 kr
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- Inbunden, Engelska, 2004
369 kr
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- Häftad, Engelska, 2012
314 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2012
59 kr
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The first letter received by the author, dated September 9, 1988, is from a former student from 1977 who sends happy-birthday wishes, and condolences for a double tragedy.
The last 2 letters are both written Easter Sunday 2010: one, by the author to his friend Rudy. They met in first grade in September 1932; their friendship has lasted 78 years.
The other letter is from the youngest of the authors 4 children, his son Matt, who was born in 1959 after 3 daughters.
Matt also has 3 daughters, and in his letter conveys unexpected but good news from Austin, Texas.
Before the author retires in June 1991from teaching advanced placement English for 40 years at 2 high schools, he corresponds with several former students, friends, and family, including 4 younger brothers who live in Chicago, St. Louis, San Francisco, and Seattle.
After he retires, the author travels extensively on escorted tours to continental Europe and England, as well as to Turkey, and several times visits a friend in London.
During his retirement years, the author battles prostate cancer and heart surgery, tutors for an adult literacy program at Abington townships public library, makes several trips to New York for Broadway shows and Metropolitan Opera productions.
After Matt gives his father a laptop, the author spends most of his time writing about his travels. After his oldest grand-child marries, she gives birth to a son. The author becomes a great-grandfather.
- Häftad, Engelska, 2012
306 kr
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- E-bokEngelska, 2012
59 kr
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The author, 83 and a widower, drives from a northern suburb of Philadelphia, Pa. to take his oldest daughter Jane to a lunch for Mothers Day 2010. Her two grown children live in other states. Jane, 61, is a recent grandmother. The author is a recent great-grandfather.
A former teacher of high school English, the author retired in 1991 and for about 10 years traveled extensively throughout Europe but now tutors 8 adults, 6 Korean women and 2 African-Americans, for the Abington Library adult literacy program.
Each of his 8 students gets an individual one-hour session one day a week. The tutors are not compensated for their gas or their time spent helping students.
During the Mothers Day lunch, father and daughter talk about the upcoming primary election for U.S. Senator and the movies of Clint Eastwood. The next week the author gets a call from his twin sister, who lives in Portland, Oregon, postponing a planned visit to the east because of a fall.
During a tutoring session at the Library, the author finds an unclaimed paperback edition of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. He decides to keep it to read. When not tutoring, the author enjoys listening to music, watching movies.
His 3 daughters, Jane, Kate, and Tess, are divorced, live in the Philadelphia area. Each has 2 grown children. The authors son, his youngest, lives in Austin, Texas with a wife and 3 daughters, 12, 10, and 7.
The authors 4 children are interested in all Philadelphia sports teams and call him occasionally about wins and losses. These calls are a source of much pleasure.
