The Time Mom Met Hitler, Frost Came to Dinner, and I Heard the Greatest Story Ever Told: A Memoir

Description: He was predestined for literary greatness. If only his father hadn’t used up all the words. As the son of the Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Richard Eberhart, Dikkon Eberhart grew up surrounded by literary giants. Dinner guests included, among others, Robert Frost, Dylan Thomas, Allen Ginsberg, W. H. Auden, and T. S. Eliot, all of whom flocked to the Eberhart house to discuss, debate, and dissect the poetry of the day. To the world, they were literary icons. To Dikkon, they were friends who read him bedtime stories, gave him advice, and, on one particularly memorable occasion, helped him with his English homework. Anxious to es ... (more)

Manufacturer: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Release date: 23 June 2015
ISBN-10 : 1414399847 | ISBN-13: 9781414399843

Tags: Identity (1), Poetry (1), Beat Generation (1), Coming Of Age (1), Writers (1), Memoir (1), Poets (1)

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