Douglas House - Softcover

Collins, Gerald A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0974562408 ISBN 13: 9780974562407

Publisher: 1st World Library, 2003

Synopsis

From the Author's Foreword: The Douglas House is my "coming of age" story as a young man in London during the mid-1960s. The 1960s were a time of tremendous upheaval in America. There were demonstrations on college campuses; assassinations of government and civic leaders; troops with fixed unsheathed bayonets patrolled the streets; and our cities were ablaze with the rage, anger, and frustration of a generation coming of age. The defining moment for many was the undeclared war that raged in Vietnam. Between 1946 and 1960, the people of England had managed to vanquish from the landscape most of the visible signs of the devastation that had occurred during World War II. London, in particular, had removed all of its surface scars. Now, in the 1960s, as the Vietnam War was beginning to burst onto the front pages of American newspapers, a quieter, more subtle social and sexual revolution was beginning in England. While for us, the Vietnam War raged a world away, the social and sexual revolution was taking place right in front of our faces. We did not smell the gunpowder! We did not hear the wailing of the war sirens. We had no fear of booby traps or napalm. At night, we usually slept on clean sheets; not in foxholes. The most disruptive thing we encountered had been the draft. And, in our minds, we had prevailed. The war had little direct impact on our lives beyond the headlines of the morning paper. Despite this, the ripple effects of draft, the war and those times changed us dramatically. You see, we were boys who became men as we served our country honorably from 1966 - 1968 sitting on barstools in and around London and partying in the bowels of the American Servicemen's Club at #66 Lancaster Gate, London, W1, United Kingdom, aka the D-House!

About this edition

• Publisher: 1st World Library
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0974562408
• ISBN 13: 9780974562407
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 260