Sunday, November 06, 2011

The phantom father: a memoir



Author: Gifford, Barry,1946-

Title: The phantom father: a memoir

Published: New York: Harcourt Brace, 1997

Description: 257 p. : ill. ;  22 cm.

Call Number: PS3557 I25 Z47 1997

Note (s): "Some of the material was originally published in: A good man to know. Clark City Press, in 1992"--T.p. verso

Subject(s):
  • Gifford, Barry, 1946- -- Homes and haunts -- Illinois -- Chicago
  • Gifford, Barry, 1946- -- Childhood and youth
  • Gifford, Barry, 1946- -- Family
  • Winston, Rudy
  • Authors, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships
  • Gangsters -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
  • Fathers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Biography
  • Chicago (Ill.) -- Social life and customs
Review(s):
  • Bonomo, Joe. "`Mystery every time': Memoirs and the search for `we'." Georgia Review 52, no. 3 (Fall 1998): 572-581
  • ICHIKO, KAKUTANI. "He Remembers Papa, Or Does He Really?." New York Times, June 27, 1997., 29
  • Gargan, William. "The Phantom Father: A Memoir." Library Journal 122, no. 8 (May 1997): 103-104
Read: August 11, 2011