Letters from Uncle Fred - Softcover

Kiley, Frederick Spencer

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1499004869 ISBN 13: 9781499004861

Verlag: XLIBRIS, 2014

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Reseña del editor:

When I published "Denizens of New Boston Road" Fred asked me why I had listed our brother Joseph Patrick Kiley Jr. as the author. It was not a mistake on my part; it was the only way I could get on with the project because I had been badgering him for weeks to allow me to list him as the author, which he was. At that time he was still teaching at Trenton State and I assume he was reluctant to let his students and associates see his published works. He mellowed after a short time, because everyone approved of his writings. The publication of "Denizens" led to a discussion of his other writings and that brought up the subject of the letters which we had been exchanging over the years. He told me that the letters meant a lot to him because he used them to force him to continue writing even when the mood to write wasn't "on" him. He also told me that the freedom he enjoyed in writing letters was the limited audience to whom he was writing; friends and family. In this publication I am violating that limitation by allowing you to enter into the audience that can see and read the thoughts he had intended for a select few. Fred felt that in letter writing there could be an intimate bonding between the writer and the recipient; in the best case a touching of souls. Fred was still an innocent in many respects; even after the war had stripped him of most of his innocence. He wrote using humor, sarcasm, and other artifices to conceal his true message which was love. He had a love for natural beauty, children and animals. He had admiration for talent, honesty and integrity. I hope that you can discover that by reading his letters. He was my big brother; and I loved him.

Biografía del autor:

Frederick Spencer Kiley was born in Fall River, Massachusetts in 1922, spent his youth there and graduated from B. M. C. Durfee High School. He enrolled in Washington State College, but his studies were interrupted by World War ll. He served in Europe in the U. S. Army and was a combatant in the Battle of the Bulge. After the war, Kiley resumed his education at Rhode Island University earning his B. S. degree in 1949. In1951 he received an M.A. degree in English from the University of Connecticut and went on to do doctoral studies at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey from 1957 to 1963. Kiley's career in education began as a teaching assistant at the University of Connecticut. He taught at Killingly High School in Danielson, Connecticut from 1951 to 1957, when he was offered a position in the English Department at Trenton State College (now known as The College of New Jersey). In 1993 he retired as an Associate Professor of English and was named Professor Emeritus. In addition to teaching, Kiley was a prolific writer. His published works include Literary Art in Boswell's London Journal, Literature of the World, The public arts, and many short stories. The Denizens of New Boston Road, memoirs of his childhood, was published in 2002 under the pseudonym Joseph Patrick Kiley Jr. Also published as Respectfully Submitted, a selection of English Department minutes, written during his tenure at Trenton State College. Frederick Kiley died in 2002 at age 80. He left a legacy characterized by fierce dedication to his craft, a brilliant sense of humor, and a rare wit and extraordinary insight.

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• Verlag: XLIBRIS
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1499004869
• ISBN 13: 9781499004861
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 328