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An American requiem

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The memoir of a priest and how his anti-war beliefs about the Vietnam War drove a wedge between he and his father, an ultra-patriotic Air Force General, is presented. The father and son's relationship is ultimately irreparably damaged after the son resigns from the priesthood.

Author: Carroll, James
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Company
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1996
Priests, Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975, Political movements

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Now, I understand my dad

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A son discusses the death of his father on Father's Day and the trauma of having no one to provide him a sense of security. He recalls their disagreements and how his father was a role model for him, as he now must be for his own son.

Author: Whittemore, Hank
Publisher: Parade Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Parade
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
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Year: 1993
Death

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The cat in the hat: a tale of a headpiece

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The father of a teenager describes the embarrassment that his son feels about the dashing hats that he wears to cover his baldness. His son lent him a baseball cap when his beret blew into a canal in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Author: Riskin, Leonard L.
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Company
Publication Name: The Atlantic Monthly
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 1072-7825
Year: 1995
Hats

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Subjects list: Personal narratives, Fathers and sons, Father-son relations
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