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The Great Santini
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The Great Santini (1976) (edit title/settings)

by Pat Conroy (Author) (edit contributors)

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The moving portrait of a son’s struggle to escape the iron fist of his volatile military father

Marine Colonel Bull Meecham commands his home like a soldiers’ barracks. Cold and controlling but also loving, Bull has complicated relationships with each member of his family—in particular,... read more

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In the Cordova Hotel, near the docks of Barcelona, fourteen Marine Corps fighter pilots from the aircraft carrier Forrestal were throwing an obstreperously spirited going away party for Lieutenant Colonel Bull Meecham, the executive officer of their carrier based squadron.

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  1. Pat Conroy (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1976
ISBN: 0395242975
Page Count: 536

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  • Library of Congress: PS3553.O5198 1976
  • Dewey: 813.54

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