A daughter's quest to find her father through his work at the intersections of journalism, democracy, and liberalism. Bowen believed telling the right stories with the right words could create a better world. While advancing causes he believed in and lending a voice to the less fortunate, he struggled to provide for his family. Although he made mistakes, his daughter celebrates his ability, even in failure, to maintain bold moral integrity.
A daughter's quest to find her father through his work at the intersections of journalism, democracy, and liberalism. Bowen believed telling the right stories with the right words could create a better world. While advancing causes he believed in and lending a voice to the less fortunate, he struggled to provide for his family. Although he made mistakes, his daughter celebrates his ability, even in failure, to maintain bold moral integrity.
BETSY CONNOR BOWEN has worked as a community organizer, elementary school teacher, college instructor and assistant professor, securities analyst, journalist, and filmmaker. She is the author of a young adult novella, Spring Bear, and the editor of her father's World War II memoir, Back from Tobruk (Potomac Books, 2012).
Inhaltsangabe
List of Illustrations Prologue 1. Skull and Bones, Paris, and the Crash of 1929 2. Several Reversals of Fortune, All in a Row 3. Greenwich Village Years 4. Bowen’s New Deal 5. Bowen’s Short War 6. The Long War on the Home Front 7. Ahab in Seersucker 8. The Fifties and Its Discontents 9. A Darkness That Would Not Lift 10. A Writer Attends to His Soul Acknowledgments A Note on Sources
List of Illustrations Prologue 1. Skull and Bones, Paris, and the Crash of 1929 2. Several Reversals of Fortune, All in a Row 3. Greenwich Village Years 4. Bowen’s New Deal 5. Bowen’s Short War 6. The Long War on the Home Front 7. Ahab in Seersucker 8. The Fifties and Its Discontents 9. A Darkness That Would Not Lift 10. A Writer Attends to His Soul Acknowledgments A Note on Sources
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