Beyond By Reason of ChildhoodiUniverse, 2005 - 272 pages Come along for the ride as the less-than-intrepid, insecure author Francis 'Frank" J. Connelly picks up where By Reason of Childhood left off-walking down life's highway, represented by Cortelyou Road in Brooklyn, New York. Beyond by Reason of Childhood begins with Connelly en route to the U.S. Army induction center on Whitehall Street. From there, it's merely a series of hops, skips, and jumps to Fort Dix, New Jersey, for basic training; Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania, for Morse Code Intercept Operator training; and on to the mountains, valleys, and rice paddies of South Korea. Fourteen months later, after an honorable discharge from the military, Frank meets Anne Marie Fleming. The couple marry, and, as time slips away, they find themselves being compared to a five-and-dime (for their five children and ten grandchildren). Along the way, Connelly works at various jobs: hauling cable for Western Electric, growing hair for Wybrandt Hair and Scalp Specialists, and spending twenty years on the New York Police Department. Near the end of his career in law enforcement, mental and physical difficulties and the debilitating effects of hypoglycemia take their toll on Connelly. Will his story have a happy ending? |
Table des matières
The Future | 1 |
Carlisle Barracks | 9 |
Korea | 12 |
Going Home | 27 |
Coming Home And The Surprised Arrival | 30 |
Anne | 35 |
Wedding bells | 50 |
Western Electric | 55 |
The Halls of Erasmus | 118 |
CommandsThe Eight Eight | 121 |
CommandsThe Six Three | 140 |
CommandsThe Seven One | 160 |
Barney The Plumber | 172 |
CommandsThe Six Six and The Six O | 180 |
On Light Duty | 187 |
Ding DongMedication Time | 192 |
East 7th Street | 59 |
The Children are Coming The Children are Coming | 61 |
The Marlboro | 81 |
Hairy Stories | 84 |
The NYPD And MeGetting onGetting off and some Diversions | 89 |
Dreams are Made of This | 105 |
Dream Interruption | 111 |
Dream On | 114 |
Back From Ding Dong | 205 |
The Party | 216 |
After The Party | 221 |
Francis Pest | 235 |
This And That | 243 |
Thats a Wrap | 251 |