Timothy James Bazzett
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Algemene kennis
- Geboortedatum
- 1944-01-27
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Charlotte, Michigan, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Reed City, Michigan, USA
- Opleiding
- Ferris State University
Central Michigan University (BA, MA - English)
Eastern Michigan University (MA - Education) - Beroepen
- linguist
- Organisaties
- United States Army
United States Department of Defense - Korte biografie
- Tim Bazzet was born in Charlotte, Michigan, and grew up in Reed City, Michigan. He taught English composition and literature at a small college from 1970-1976. He also served 8 years in the US Army and worked for the Dept of Defense for 21 years. He holds degrees from Ferris State, Central Michigan and Eastern Michigan Universities. He is retired and lives with his wife and two dogs in Reed City. He has published three volumes of memoirs and one biography. He is currently working on another memoir. Married to Terri since 1967; three children and five grandchildren.
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- 5
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- Populariteit
- #397,831
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- 3.6
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- 8
- ISBNs
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The tale is no doubt a common one shared by thousands of young men since the world began, more specifically American boys during the last century, and yet it reveals these experiences in a way that is thoughtful, realistic and at times moving. Bazzett not only tells the tales of his youth, he recounts the conversations, recreates the places and the people, invokes the history of the times and invites us to relive it with him. He tells of the army, his friends, his travels, his love of music, his sexual awakening, each and every adventure on the road to young manhood. The reader has little trouble joining him on his journey, given the clarity and quality of his writing and the clever addition of both visual memorabilia (photos, airline tickets, illustrations of weapons, etc.) and philosophical meditations on the nature of memory, the meaning of the past.
At times, I thought Bazzett could have pared it down a bit. I could see how a powerful scene was diminished through too much telling and I would have liked him to focus more and be more selective in his details, but I've leveled that criticism at Dostoevsky, too. Although it is very much a “guy book” (his words, with which I concur), as a woman I still found it entertaining and thought-provoking.… (meer)