Wild hands toward the sky
Subtitle: a novel
By: by Ray Elliott.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Tales Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Urbana, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 431
Subjects: Boys -- Fiction.; Farm life -- Fiction.; Rural families -- Fiction.; Fatherless families -- Fiction.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans -- Fiction.; Illinois -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: "A coming-of-age story of the time during and after World War II, WILD HANDS TOWARD THE SKY introduces young, fatherless John Walter McElligott as he grows up -- lonesome and longing -- in a rural Illinois farm community. He and his mother now live with his aunt and uncle, but he is inescapably drawn to the other men of the area who served in the war and returned -- especially his older cousin, Sam, who was injured during the D-Day invasion and fought on through Europe until the end of the war. Out of their own respect for John Walters father, who was killed on Guadalcanal, these veterans treat the boy with a calculated deference and are compelled to teach him their hard-earned lessons about life, responsibility, duty and honor"--Amazon.com.