His Son A Memoir Paperback by Bill Henderson

Product Details

• Publisher: Pushcart Press (2000-04-04)
• Language: English
• Paperback: 144 pages
• ISBN-13: 9781888889154
• Item Weight: 179.74 grams
• Dimensions: 0.0 x 0.0 x 0.0 cm

The return of "an American masterpiece" (William Saroyan) long out of print.

Bill Henderson did most of his growing up in the decade of the tail-finned car, Eisenhower, rock and roll, the threat of atomic annihilation, and pervasive silence. This anguished yet loving portrait of a child of the fifties and his father reveals the secret life of that decade. "A valediction of the 50s."-Rosellen Brown, Chicago Tribune "A powerfully moving book."-Anne Tyler "An open-hearted, funny, affecting account of family life during the silent 1950s."-Publishers Weekly "Bill Henderson is akin to Tom Sawyer, to Puddinhead Wilson."-William Hogan, San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author

Bill Henderson is the founder and editor of the Pushcart Prize. He received the 2006 National Book Critic Circle’s Lifetime Achievement Award and the Poets & Writers / Barnes & Noble Writers for Writers Award. He is also the author of several memoirs, including All My Dogs: A Life. The founder of the Lead Pencil Club, Henderson lives on Long Island and In Maine where he runs the Pushcart bookstore – “the world’s smallest bookstore.”