The third book in James T. Farrell’s five-volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, Father and Son follows Danny O’Neill through his struggle into young adulthood among the O’Flaherty and O’Neill families. Full of bewilderment and anxiety, Danny experiences high school, the death of his father, and his first full-time job at the Express Company that employed his father. Fraught with failed attempts to communicate with his father and peers, Danny is burdened by his family’s constant economic and emotional demands.
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The third book in James T. Farrell’s five-volume series to be republished by the University of Illinois Press, Father and Son follows Danny O’Neill through his struggle into young adulthood among the O’Flaherty and O’Neill families. Full of bewilderment and anxiety, Danny experiences high school, the death of his father, and his first full-time job at the Express Company that employed his father. Fraught with failed attempts to communicate with his father and peers, Danny is burdened by his family’s constant economic and emotional demands.
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James T. Farrell (1904-79) was a native of Chicago, famous for the range and depth of his realistic portraits of the city's various populations that he drew from his own experiences and keen powers of observation. Charles Fanning is a professor of English and history at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, and the editor of Farrell’s Chicago Stories.
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Father Robert, Little Margaret, Uncle Ned, Father Doneggan, Father Michael, Young Rocky, Danny O'Neill, Fifty-eighth Street, Calumet Avenue, Aunt Margaret, Tim Doolan, Marty Mulligan, Washington Park, Father Dennis, Jim O'Neill, Father Gilhooley, Saint Stanislaus, Mike Geraghty, Jackson Park, Joe O'Reilley, Old Mike, Sheila Cullen, Miss Fiedelson, Sister Magdalen, Merry Christmas Browse Sample Pages:
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Father Robert, Little Margaret, Uncle Ned, Father Doneggan, Father Michael, Young Rocky, Danny O'Neill, Fifty-eighth Street, Calumet Avenue, Aunt Margaret, Tim Doolan, Marty Mulligan, Washington Park, Father Dennis, Jim O'Neill, Father Gilhooley, Saint Stanislaus, Mike Geraghty, Jackson Park, Joe O'Reilley, Old Mike, Sheila Cullen, Miss Fiedelson, Sister Magdalen, Merry Christmas Browse Sample Pages:
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