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Eighteen-year-old Ben's attempts to stand up for himself, his mother, and his sister are resisted by his intolerant father, a fighter pilot and inflexible disciplinarian
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Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He?s all Marine-fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife?beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble.
Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben?s got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn?t give in?not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son.
Bull Meecham is undoubtedly PAT CONROY?S most explosive character?
a man you should hate, but a man you will love.
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Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben?s got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn?t give in?not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son.
Bull Meecham is undoubtedly PAT CONROY?S most explosive character?
a man you should hate, but a man you will love.
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- PublisherHoughton Mifflin
- Publication date1976
- ISBN 10 0395242975
- ISBN 13 9780395242971
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages536
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