The Boo

Conroy, Pat

ISBN 10: 0891760415 / ISBN 13: 9780891760412

Published by Mockingbird Books, 1993

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Pat Conroys first book about being a cadet at the Citadel in Charleston. His tribute to his Commanding officer. Illustrated with photographs. Like NEW.

Seller Inventory # 15098

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Boo
• Publisher: Mockingbird Books
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891760415
• ISBN 13: 9780891760412
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Seller catalogs:
  • Southern Literature
  • South Carolina
  • Memoirs, Biography and Autobiography

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Synopsis

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Bestselling author Pat Conroy’s debut novelâ now available as an ebook

A powerful story of a man’s undoing at the hands of his greatest admirer

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At the South Carolina military academy the Citadel, amid the tumult of the 1960s, Cadet Peter Cates is an anomaly. He is a gifted writer, a talented basketball player, and a good student, but his outward successes do little to impress his abusive father. Instead, Cates is mentored by Lt. Colonel Courvoisie, an imposing and inspiring man whom the cadets have nicknamed “the Boo.” But when Cates writes a searing letter condemning the school’s meek response to a stabbing on campus, his bond with the Boo will be threatened as both are forced to confront what it means to be a man of honor.

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Set against the richly drawn military school backdrop that Conroy would return to in his bestseller The Lords of Discipline, The Boo is an unforgettable story of duty, loyalty, and standing up for what is right in the face of overwhelming circumstances.

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