Getting Through, The Wit, Wisdom, and Ignorance of Newton
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Amazon.com.
Getting Through is an anecdotal autobiography that takes the reader from late childhood through an idyllic adolescence growing up in Washington D.C. during WWII and the Korean War, through a mediocre performance in a mediocre public school system, a thwarted flying career, experiences as a jet mechanic and crew chief in the Air Force with two tours of duty in Japan, college at a now defunct engineering school in California, then into the marriage stream with mortgages, children, tuition, and Divorce A Vinculo Matrimonii, and a career starting in the aerospace industry ending with the Navy as a deputy aircraft program manager. Included is a memoir written by the author's father at age 90, two years before his death in 2004. His father describes first his time in an orphanage, placed there after his mother died at age 25 in the 1919 influenza epidemic; an experience that left him with physical scars, but surprisingly admirable traits of honesty and decency that lasted a lifetime. Getting Through represents a departure from the usual format for a memoir. Included are a series of discussions on philosophy, psychology, religion, nature and nurture, warfare, democracy, and finding a meaning to life - presenting the author's views of the human condition based on personal experiences and a lifetime of random reading. The last chapter consists of accumulations of his journey through life - things done, places been, books read, favorite quotes, letters of interest, a family genealogy, and the distance traveled while on planet Earth. The author's stated intent in writing his memoirs, even in the face of limited writing experience, was to document his life, however ordinary and undistinguished, primarily for the reading benefit of his two daughters and for the personal gratification in the writing. Knowing little of the life of his own father until just a few years before his father's death, it became important to write his own story for the benefit - amusement and/or gratification - of his descendants. Getting Through, replete with wit, wisdom, and ignorance, tells us that no life is ever ordinary and that everyone's story is worth telling. Hardcover, Label: Xlibris Corporation, Xlibris Corporation, Produktgruppe: Book, Publiziert: 2005-08-30, Studio: Xlibris Corporation, Verkaufsrang: 17446726.

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Getting Through is the story of an ordinary, undistinguished, retired aeronautical engineer who recounts his experiences from late childhood through an idyllic adolescence, a mediocre public school education, a thwarted flying career, a bitching time in the Air Force, a second-tier now defunct engineering college, a marriage that went bad, and a career of underlying discontent with a few failures and some successes. Included are his father’s life recollections and the authors thoughts on philoso... Getting Through is the story of an ordinary, undistinguished, retired aeronautical engineer who recounts his experiences from late childhood through an idyllic adolescence, a mediocre public school education, a thwarted flying career, a bitching time in the Air Force, a second-tier now defunct engineering college, a marriage that went bad, and a career of underlying discontent with a few failures and some successes. Included are his father’s life recollections and the authors thoughts on philosophy, religion, nature and nurture, warfare, and the meaning of life—ending with accumulations of life’s journey—things done, places been, best books read, and the distance traveled on planet Earth. Getting Through, replete with wit, wisdom, and ignorance, tells us that no life is ever ordinary and that everyone’s story is worth telling.Soort: Met illustraties;Taal: Engels;Oorspronkelijke titel: Getting Through;Formaat: ePub met kopieerbeveiliging (DRM) van Adobe;Kopieerrechten: Het kopiëren van (delen van) de pagina's is niet toegestaan ;Geschikt voor: Alle e-readers te koop bij bol.com (of compatible met Adobe DRM). Telefoons/tablets met Google Android (1.6 of hoger) voorzien van bol.com boekenbol app. PC en Mac met Adobe reader software;Geschikt voor: 0 - 2 jaar;Verschijningsdatum: juni 2015;ISBN10: 1493113658;ISBN13: 9781493113651; Engelstalig | Ebook | 2015.

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Getting Through is the story of an ordinary, undistinguished, retired aeronautical engineer who recounts his experiences from late childhood through an idyllic adolescence, a mediocre public school education, a thwarted flying career, a bitching time in the Air Force, a second-tier now defunct engineering college, a marriage that went bad, and a career of underlying discontent with a few failures and some successes. Included are his father's life recollections and the authors thoughts on philosophy, religion, nature and nurture, warfare, and the meaning of life-ending with accumulations of life's journey-things done, places been, best books read, and the distance traveled on planet Earth. Getting Through, replete with wit, wisdom, and ignorance, tells us that no life is ever ordinary and that everyone's story is worth telling.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ergodebooks.
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Getting-Through~~Robert-N-Taylor, Getting Through: The Wit, Wisdom, and Ignorance of Robert Newton Taylor, Hardcover.

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Getting-Through~~Robert-N-Taylor, Getting Through: The Wit, Wisdom, and Ignorance of Robert Newton Taylor, Paperback.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Revaluation Books [2134736], Exeter, United Kingdom.
300 pages. 9.00x6.10x1.20 inches. In Stock.

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Getting Through: Hardback: Xlibris: 9781493113644: 27 Nov 2013.

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Getting Through: Paperback: Xlibris: 9781493113637: 27 Nov 2013.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ExtremelyReliable, TX, Richmond, [RE:4].
Hardcover.