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Uncle Shelby's Circus

Uncle Shelby's Circus( )
Author: Williams, John A.
ISBN:978-1-4184-2776-4
Publication Date:Jun 2004
Publisher:AuthorHouse
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $13.50
Book Description:

Uncle Shelby's Circus chronicles the day to day life of an American G.I. as recalled many years after war at the urging, and with the encouragement of, family members. This war story, unlike so many others, does not get into the political arena or deal with the battlefield trauma as so many others before. Even in a war zone, this "Circus" was found to be amusing to the soldiers of A Company, 62nd...
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Book Details
Pages:264
Detailed Subjects: History / Military / Vietnam War
Biography & Autobiography / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):5.85 x 8.97 Inches
Book Weight:0.865 Pounds
Author Biography
Williams, John A. (Author)
John Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925- July 3, 2015) was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. Williams was born in Jackson, Mississippi, and, after naval service in World War II, graduated in 1950 from Syracuse University. His novels, which include The Angry Ones (1960) and The Man Who Cried I Am (1967) are mainly about the black experience in white America.

In 1970 Williams received the Syracuse University Centennial Medal for Outstanding Achievement, in 1983 his novel !Click Song won the American Book Award, and in 1998 his Safari West won the American Book Award too. On October 16, 2011, he received a Lifetime Achievement award from the American Book Awards. Williams's personal papers, including correspondence and photographs, are archived in the Special Collections Research Center at Syracuse University. He died on July 3, 2015.

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