Faith of My Fathers: A Family Memoir
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Dewey Decimal Number: 973.90922
EAN: 9780061734953
ISBN: 0061734950
Label: Harper
Manufacturer: Harper
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: October 01, 2008
Publisher: Harper
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Sales Rank: 74165
Studio: Harper
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Product Description:
Senator John McCain learned about life and honor from his grandfather and father, both four-star admirals in the U.S. Navy. Faith of My Fathers is about how their lessons enabled McCain to survive the greatest challenge of his life—when, as a naval aviator, he was shot down over Hanoi in 1967, seriously wounded, and imprisoned for more than five years.
Told with humility, grace, and humor, it is a story of three imperfect men who faced adversity—and emerged with their honor intact.
Amazon.com Review:
Books by politicians are not often worth reading, but John McCain's Faith of My Fathers is an astonishing exception to the rule. The Republican senator from Arizona has a remarkable story to tell--better than just about any of his peers--and he tells it well, with crisp prose and an unexpected sense for narrative pacing. The first half of the book concerns his naval forbears: his grandfather commanded an aircraft carrier in the Second World War, while his father presided over all naval forces in the Pacific during the Vietnam War. They were the first father-son admirals in American history. Young John McCain knew he had enormous shoes to fill and rebelled against many of the expectations set for him. At the Naval Academy, he was nearly expelled, graduating fifth from the bottom of his class. He never became an admiral, but achieved fame another way: as a naval aviator in 1967, he was shot down over North Vietnam and spent several years in POW camps, where he was beaten, tortured, and nearly allowed to die. McCain describes the awful details of his imprisonment and tells how he stayed mentally strong during seemingly endless months of solitary confinement and how he communicated in code with fellow captives. Faith of My Fathers concludes with McCain's release and contains no information about his subsequent political career. It is, nonetheless, a complete and compelling memoir of individual heroism--one that will interest both political and military history buffs. --John J. Miller
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- 60% of it is surprisingly enticing.Oh John McCain, I do feel very bad that you've gone through so much. Perhaps you should have told ... Read More
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- Compelling!!!I've had Faith of My Fathers on my shelf for a while, having previously lightly skimmed select portions ... Read More
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- Great BookI really loved this book. What an American hero John McCain was and still is. How he served our country ... Read More
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- Very Informative!Partly in an effort to better understand the presidential candidates in the 2008 election, I ordered this ... Read More
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- JOHN MCCAIN'S FAITH OF MY FATHERSEven as a woman, I enjoyed reading Mr. McCain's book about his military career and his imprisonment in Vietnam ... Read More
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