The Duration - Taylor, Richard
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When Richard Taylor's novel, The Duration, was returned unopened by Charles Scribner & Sons in 1964, apparently Taylor didn't have the heart to ever send it out again and it sat in its original mailing wrapper for 46 years until his stepson found it. The Duration clearly was based at least in some part on Taylor's own experience working for a newspaper during World War II. The novel follows the amorous adventures of a reporter for the San Francisco Observer, "John Edwards," dealing with life in the City by the Bay, rationing, the manpower shortage, and women whose husbands and boyfriends are…mehr

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When Richard Taylor's novel, The Duration, was returned unopened by Charles Scribner & Sons in 1964, apparently Taylor didn't have the heart to ever send it out again and it sat in its original mailing wrapper for 46 years until his stepson found it. The Duration clearly was based at least in some part on Taylor's own experience working for a newspaper during World War II. The novel follows the amorous adventures of a reporter for the San Francisco Observer, "John Edwards," dealing with life in the City by the Bay, rationing, the manpower shortage, and women whose husbands and boyfriends are away in uniform. Taylor is a talented wordsmith who uses his prodigious vocabulary and arcane knowledge of history and literature to paint a very detailed picture what life was like for civilians in wartime, especially single men in a city replete with unpaired young ladies.
Autorenporträt
Colonel Richard Taylor, retired, served in Army cavalry, ranger, and airborne units, as an educator, and in military-diplomatic assignments in Africa, Brussels, and Manila. And Defense/State diplomatic advisor assignments in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has written for many military publications. Prodigals is his first book.Colonel (US Army, Retired) Richard Taylor writes of love and war. "Prodigals: A Vietnam Story," an autobiography, was published by Casemate in 2003 and the manuscript was a winner at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference, then a featured selection of the Military Book Club. "Homeward Bound: American Veterans Return from War, a comprehensive veterans history, was first published by Greenwood Press (ABC-CLIO) in 2007, then republished by the Naval Institute Press in 2009 as a featured selection of the Association of the US Army. It was one source for the PBS four part series "American Veteran" in 2021. His current hits are the Eden Trilogy-Eden Lost, Return to Eden, and Almost Eden.