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Messages from My Father Book

"The man was stubborn," writes Calvin Trillin -- the second most stubborn member of the Trillin family -- to begin this memoir of his father. Although he had a strong vision of the sort of person he wanted his son to be, Abe Trillin's explicit advice about how to behave didn't go beyond "You might as well be a mensch." Somehow, though, his messages got through clearly, and Calvin's work is a credit to his father's vision. Read More

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  • Product Description

    The celebrated humorist offers a sober reflection on the life of his father, an immigrant grocer in Kansas City with a penchant for swearing off his pleasures and encouraging his son to be a real ""mensch."" National ad/promo. Tour.

  • 0374208603
  • 9780374208608
  • Calvin Trillin
  • 1 June 1996
  • Farrar Straus & Giroux (T)
  • Unknown Binding (Book)
  • 117
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