The Hearts of Men
A Coming Of Age, Historical, Fiction book. Corn might be the epidemic that kills us, but I've always...
Camp Chippewa, 1962. Nelson Doughty, age thirteen, social outcast and overachiever, is the Bugler, sounding the reveille proudly each morning. Yet this particular summer marks the beginning of an uncertain and tenuous friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan.Over the years, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from the Vietnam War, becomes Scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces, and turns his father’s business into a highly profitable company. And when something unthinkable happens at a camp get-together with Nelson as Scoutmaster and Jonathan’s teenage grandson and daughter-in-law as campers, the aftermath demonstrates the depths—and the limits—of Nelson’s selflessness and bravery.The Hearts of...
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- Pages: 400 pages
- ISBN: 9780062469700 / 0
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Kids keep you young...But Christ, they make you feel old, too. Nickolas Butler, The Hearts of Men // Corn might be the epidemic that kills us, but I've always loved staring at a big field of it, perfectly planted. Nickolas Butler, The Hearts of Men // The world is composed of people who are hungry, and those who are not hungry. It goes back to energy, to entropy. If you are hungry for food, you will be hungry for God, too. Or politics, or some kind of love. The people who are hungry have holes in them that can't be filled. Don't get me wrong. I've seen starving people at peace with the world. I've been in villages where starving people gave me their supper. Food doesn't have anything to do with it; it's about the deeper kind of hunger, those holes. Nickolas Butler, The Hearts of Men //
Really enjoyed this novel. Good old fashioned story telling here. Like how it followed several generations and how all the characters were tied to a Boy Scout camp in Wisconsin. Highly recommend! This book is deceptive in scope. It begins as the simple story of Nelson Doughty, a kid from 1962 Wisconsin with a bad home life who earnestly tries to live a life governed by the Boy Scout creed and merit badge achievements, but who other boys see as too uptight, a civic striver in a changing world. His only friend is Jonathan Quick,... Nelson "Bugler" is a model scout. He attends a boy scout camp where he is constantly bullied for his do gooder attitude. He is well respected by the scout leader of the camp, Wilbur and is happy to gain his approval. But one night Nelson's loyalty is tested as he gets invited to an exclusive party held by his peers. Will he maintain...
