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Growing Up a Sullen Baptist: And Other Lies 🔍
Robert Flynn; Joyce Gibson Roach Denton, Tex.: University of North Texas Press, Frances B. Vick series, no. 1, 1st ed, Denton, c2003
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Robert Flynn Has Gathered An Eclectic Array Of Seventeen Essays, All Of Which Will Evoke A Direct And Immediate Response. Ranging From Humorous To Satirical, From Persuasive To Sarcastic, Flynn Moves From Preaching To The Choir To Preaching At The Choir. Trained As Both A Baptist And A Marine, He Explores The Concepts Gleaned From A World That This Training Did Not Equip Him To Control, Improve, Or Escape. Flynn Admits He Has Tried To Meld The Pretty Presumption Of The Baptists That All Men Are Brothers With The Hard Presumption Of The Marines That You Will Attack Until I Say You Are Dead. He Calls The Result An Unholy View Of The World In Which He Lives And Survives, Alternating Between Humor And Anger. Foreword / Joyce Gibson Roach -- Introduction / Robert Flynn -- Baptist -- Growing Up A Sullen Baptist -- Miracles In Chillicothe -- A Baptist Looks Askance -- A Sense Of Place -- Enduring Love -- Lions In Camp -- Growing Up -- Truth And Beauty -- Jeremiah Was A Bulldog -- City Of Fire, Jerusalem -- The Combined Platoon -- Understanding Vietnam -- Hooked On Heroes -- Sullen -- India, The Divided Crowd -- Still The Street Without Joy -- Understanding Pol Pot -- Pol Pot's Legacy -- John Wayne Must Die. Robert Flynn.
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Captain John H. Rogers, Texas Ranger
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Flynn, Robert, 1932-
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Paul N Spellman
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United States, United States of America
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1st ed., Denton, Texas, 2001
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1st, First Edition, PS, 2001
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类型: 图书
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出版日期: 2001
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出版社: University of North Texas Press
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ix, 157 pages ; 23 cm
"Robert Flynn has gathered an eclectic array of seventeen essays, all of which will evoke a direct and immediate response. Ranging from humorous to satirical, from persuasive to sarcastic, Flynn moves from preaching to the choir to preaching at the choir. Trained as both a Baptist and a Marine, he explores the concepts gleaned from a world that this training did not equip him to control, improve, or escape
Flynn admits he has tried to meld the pretty presumption of the Baptists that "all men are brothers" with the hard presumption of the Marines that "you will attack until I say you are dead." He calls the result an unholy view of the world in which he lives and survives, alternating between humor and anger."--BOOK JACKET
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This is an eclectic array of seventeen essays, all of which will evoke a direct and immediate response. Ranging from humorous to satirical, from persuasive to sarcastic, Flynn moves from preaching to the choir to preaching at the choir. Trained as both a Baptist and a Marine, he explores the concepts gleaned from a world that this training did not equip him to control, improve, or escape. Flynn admits he has tried to meld the pretty presumption of the Baptists that all men are brothers with the hard presumption of the Marines that you will attack until I say you are dead. He calls the result an unholy view of the world in which he lives and survives, alternating between humor and anger.
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