Keeping Faith: A Father-Son Story About Love and the United States Marine Corps
The story of a young man having a growth experience by joining the military is a classic scenario, and John Schaeffer does justice to his take on it in his account of personal transformation from high-school graduate to U.S. Marines corporal. Interspersed with his narrative are his father Frank's remarks on the rest of the family's incidental affiliation with and new perspective on the marines in particular and the military in general. They brought to the encounter the ignorance and prejudice against the military that too often accompanies their status as members of the college-educated white middle class, from which, in fact, precious few of America's servicemen come. But in the end, Frank expresses open pride in having sent one of "the best ye breed" to the corpsbeforeSeptember 11. One of the better books of its kind, and likely to remain so.Roland GreenCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.