A small-town Pennsylvania boy, brought up in a foster home, who hitchhikes around the country beginning at the age of thirteen. A young man with a thirst for learning who educates himself in the arts. A navel officer during World War2 who island hops across the South Pacific on a set of forged papers-and becomes the high command's official expert on scandals and shenanigans in the Pacific theatre. A textbook editor who write his first book at thirty-nine- and walks away with a Pulitzer Prize. A best-selling author who feels at home anywhere in the world-and is blessed with a singular gift for making faraway people and places come alive on the page. Hardback Ed 1992
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