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- Tell me about your family and your life growing up? My parents ran a mom 'n pop auto parts store in Shenandoah, Pa., a coal mining town that was booming then.
- What is the most distinct memory of your mother and your father? My father and I used to take our own trash to the dump once a week and dump it into a deep pit.
- What challenges did you face at school and in the community? As I said, I was in a class of 22. There were no cliques. In Shenandoah I was a latchkey kid at a very early age, unheard of today, but the neighbors looked after us as we played in the streets.
- What values were stressed at home? My parents were laissez-faire. They seldom knew where I might be. Frugality, toughness—both emotionally and physically—a work ethic, and honesty were values instilled in us, more by example than preaching.
He served in the U.S. Navy from 1962 to 1965 aboard the USS Monrovia and USS Intrepid during the Vietnam War, attaining the rank of Yeoman 3rd Class. He was a social worker for Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, California in 1965, and a high school English teacher in La Cañada, California from 1966 to 1969.
Jul 1, 1971 · Darryl Ponicsan. 3.92. 511 ratings56 reviews. Unlike the other branches of the armed services, the navy draws its police force from the ranks, as temporary duty. The risk is that men on Shore Patrol might bring their humanity to the task.
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I served in the U.S. Navy aboard the USS MONROVIA, USS OKINAWA, and THE USS INTREPID, where I started what was to become my first novel, THE LAST DETAIL. I've written 13 more since then, including a four-book mystery series under the name Anne Argula.
Jan 1, 1973 · Best known as the author of The Last Detail and Cinderella Liberty, Darryl Ponicsan is at his finest when relating a tale of pathetic Navy lifers. From the biographical details on the dust jacket, one can glean that Ponicsan got the hell out of the Navy after one tour of duty, thereby passing on the lifer bitterness that he relates so well; no ...
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Sep 5, 2017 · The Last Detail: A Novel. Darryl Ponicsán. Skyhorse, Sep 5, 2017 - Fiction - 216 pages. Unlike other branches of the armed services, the Navy draws it police force from the ranks, as...
A complete list of all Darryl Ponicsan's books in order (10 books). Browse plot descriptions, book covers, genres, pseudonyms, ratings and awards.
