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Spooner
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Grand Central Publishing 2009
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Warren Spooner was born after a prolonged delivery in a makeshift delivery room in a doctor's office in Milledgeville, Georgia, on the first Saturday of December, 1956. His father died shortly afterward, long before Spooner had even a memory of his face, and was replaced eventually by a once-brilliant young naval officer, Calmer Ottosson, recently court-martialed out of service.
This is the story of the lifelong tie between the two men, poles apart, of Spooner's troubled childhood, troubled adolescence, violent and troubled adulthood and Calmer Ottosson's inexhaustible patience, undertaking a life-long struggle to salvage his step-son, a man he will never understand.
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Street Date:
09/24/2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781599958460, 9780446558167
ASIN:
B002O0Q6ZM
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APA Citation (style guide)

Pete Dexter. (2009). Spooner. Grand Central Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Pete Dexter. 2009. Spooner. Grand Central Publishing.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Pete Dexter, Spooner. Grand Central Publishing, 2009.

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Pete Dexter. Spooner. Grand Central Publishing, 2009.

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This is the story of the lifelong tie between the two men, poles apart, of Spooner's troubled childhood, troubled adolescence, violent and troubled adulthood and Calmer Ottosson's inexhaustible patience, undertaking a life-long struggle to salvage his step-son, a man he will never understand.
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This is the story of the lifelong tie between the two men, poles apart, of Spooner's troubled childhood, troubled adolescence, violent and troubled adulthood and Calmer Ottosson's inexhaustible patience, undertaking a life-long struggle to salvage his step-son, a man he will never understand.
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