For You, Lili Marlene: A Memoir Of World War II

by Robert Louis Peters

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299148140
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	06/15/1996
Series:	A North Coast Book
Pages:	122
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Robert Peters is a poet, critic, playwright, fiction writer, actor, and editor, retired from many years of teaching literature at the University of California, Irvine. His two earlier memoirs, Crunching Gravel: A Wisconsin Boyhood in the Thirties, and Nell's Story: A Woman from Eagle River, written with his sister, are both published by the University of Wisconsin Press. His many volumes of poetry include Poems: Selected and New (1967-1991) and Love Poems for Robert Mitchum.

Editorial Reviews

In this touching sequel to Crunching Gravel: A Wisconsin Boyhood, [Robert Peters] recalls his search for self-knowledge and sexual identity as a young draftee in WW II. . . . This elegantly written memoir has much to say about the relationship between sex and the military life.”—Publishers Weekly


“Peters is neither sentimental nor mawkish in his coming-of-age story, which is made complicated by his ambivalence over his strong homosexual feelings. It is a rare adult who can convey the anxieties of youth as vividly as Peters does.”—David Azzolina, Library Journal


“Peters’ frank confessions and lush recollections paint a bittersweet portrait of a type of wartime experience that has seldom been explored.”—Kurt Chandler, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

From the Publisher

An alphabetical reference that focuses on the events, legislation, technologies, people, and places which have been pivotal in the progress of the country's transportation, and which thereby helped to weave the economic, cultural, social, and political fabric of the nation. The entries are thoroughly documented and extensively cross- referenced. An introductory essay provides an overview of the evolution of transportation in America, while a 19-page chronology traces the progress from colonial times to the present. Includes numerous b&w illustrations and a substantial general bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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