William Wister Haines (1908–1989)
Autore di Command Decision
Sull'Autore
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Opere di William Wister Haines
Ultra and the History of the United States Strategic Air Force in Europe Vs. the German Air Force. (1981) 2 copie
The Image 2 copie
Ansvaret 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Best Short Stories of 1935 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1935) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Haines, William Wister
- Data di nascita
- 1908-09-17
- Data di morte
- 1989-11-18
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Des Moines, Iowa, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Acapulco, Mexico
- Luogo di residenza
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Istruzione
- University of Pennsylvania
- Attività lavorative
- lineman
novelist
screenwriter - Relazioni
- Wister, Owen (uncle)
- Organizzazioni
- United States Army Air Forces
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Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 11
- Opere correlate
- 1
- Utenti
- 112
- Popolarità
- #174,306
- Voto
- 2.7
- Recensioni
- 1
- ISBN
- 15
One of the pleasures of the book is simply reading about how these linesmen used to put up all the wiring needed for the railroad companies. Taking place in the window between the Great Depression and WWII, the blue-collar characters appreciate and take pride in their work. Like Melville, Haines uses as much ink describing in detail the work his characters do as he does with the strict plot of the book; however, he manages to keep it interesting, and the pace at which the work must be done often affects Jig’s attempts to help his friends, keeping the story fairly integrated.
While the plot isn’t anything revolutionary, and almost all the characters are completely wholesome by today’s standards, Haines does a good job of maintaining reader interest. There are a few lost colloquialisms in the language that give the book character (people “arc” at one another) and the narrator has a fun way with language (ex: “A blind woman could have seen with a cane that pair was going to be worth two bucks to some preacher, and old lady Bower wasn’t blind.”)
I’m the last person who thought he needed to read a 75-year-old book about men hanging tension wire, but I enjoyed the fast, pleasurable read.… (altro)