Bøker av Robert Peters

This is a sequel to the author's Crunching Gravel: A Wisconsin Boyhood in the Thirties. This account covers from when Robert Peters leaves the farm and is drafted into the Army during World War II. It is in Paris where he hears Marlene Dietrich sing Lili Marlene.

Poet and critic, Robert Peters, recalls the brief life and sudden death of his son, Richard, a four-year-old called ""Feather"" by his sister and brother. He describes the harrowing image of his dead son, a strained marriage, and a family during moments of transcendent joy and crushing grief.