About Them

Year of Publication
2011
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
163 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Chester Aaron
Publisher
El León Literary Arts/Manoa Books
City
Berkeley, CA/Honolulu, HI
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Abstract
Sequel to About Us (1967). Ben Kahn, who opens the first novel as boy of 8, now is an 80-year-old man from California revisiting his nearly-vanished village in Western Pennsylvania.
Author Biography
Chester Aaron (1923-2019) graduated from Butler High School in 1941 before earning degrees from UCLA and the University of California at Berkeley. He joined the U.S. Army and his unit was part of the liberation of Jews in the Dachau Concentration Camp. Aaron taught English at Saint Mary's College, retiring in 1997. For years he was an expert garlic farmer in Sonoma County, California.
Time
1923-2000
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