The Hearts of Men: A Sweeping 20th Century Epic of Boy Scout Camp, Vietnam, and the Post-Traumatic Stress of Fathers and Sons - Softcover

Butler, Nickolas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 006246969X ISBN 13: 9780062469694

Verlag: Ecco, 2017

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"[A] tender, insightful book... Perfectly paced and leavened with humor, it's a wonderful read." ― People

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 WILLIAM SAROYAN INTERNATIONAL PRIZE FOR WRITING*

An epic, character-driven novel of intertwining friendships and families set in the Northwoods of Wisconsin at a beloved Boy Scout summer camp―from the bestselling author of Shotgun Lovesongs

Camp Chippewa, 1962. Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast and overachiever, is the Bugler, sounding the reveille proudly each morning. Yet this particular summer marks the beginning of an uncertain and tenuous friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan.

In this multi-generational saga, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from the Vietnam War, becomes Scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces, and turns his father’s business into a highly profitable company. And when something unthinkable happens at a camp get-together with Nelson as Scoutmaster and Jonathan’s teenage grandson and daughter-in-law as campers, the aftermath demonstrates the depths―and the limits―of Nelson’s selflessness and bravery.

The Hearts of Men is a sweeping, panoramic novel about the slippery definitions of good and evil, family and fidelity, the challenges and rewards of lifelong friendships, the bounds of morality―and redemption.

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Nickolas Butler was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and raised in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. He is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison as well as the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, and the author of the novel The Hearts of Men, the internationally bestselling and prizewinning novel Shotgun Lovesongs, and the acclaimed short story collection Beneath the Bonfire. He lives in Wisconsin with his wife and their two children.

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A sweeping, panoramic story spanning a half century, from the Vietnam War to the modern day, The Hearts of Men begins at Camp Chippewa during the summer of 1962: Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast and overachiever, is the Bugler, sounding the reveille proudly each morning. Yet this particular summer marks the beginning of an uncertain and tenuous friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan, who, in scrambling to protect Nelson against the merciless bullying of the other boys, finds he has much to learn about the extent of his own courage and empathy. Over the years, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from Vietnam, becomes scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces, and turns his father’s business into a highly profitable company. When something unthinkable happens at a camp get- together with Nelson as scoutmaster and Jonathan’s daughter-in-law and teenage grandson as campers, the aftermath demonstrates the depths—and the limits—of Nelson’s selflessness and bravery.

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A sweeping, panoramic story spanning a half century, from the Vietnam War to the modern day, The Hearts of Men begins at Camp Chippewa during the summer of 1962: Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast and overachiever, is the Bugler, sounding the reveille proudly each morning. Yet this particular summer marks the beginning of an uncertain and tenuous friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan, who, in scrambling to protect Nelson against the merciless bullying of the other boys, finds he has much to learn about the extent of his own courage and empathy. Over the years, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from Vietnam, becomes scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces, and turns his father's business into a highly profitable company. When something unthinkable happens at a camp get- together with Nelson as scoutmaster and Jonathan's daughter-in-law and teenage grandson as campers, the aftermath demonstrates the depths--and the limits--of Nelson's selflessness and bravery.

--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Ecco
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 006246969X
• ISBN 13: 9780062469694
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 400
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