{"product_id":"driftwood-theodore-k-stryker-9780595463817","title":"Driftwood: A Collection of Short Stories, Essays, and Other Writings","description":"\"One writes out of one thing-one's own experience. Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from this experience the last drop, sweet or bitter, it can possibly give.\" So wrote the novelist James Baldwin.  \u003cp\u003eTrue to Baldwin's observation the remarkable short stories of Theodore (Ted) Stryker are drawn entirely from his experiences during the last half of the volatile 20th Century. Included in this unusual assortment are his childhood memories of World War II and its aftermath, and his own troubled participation in three of the nation's later military conflicts. In the last two of these he served not as a combatant but in a civilian support role. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHis essays and commentaries address the critical issues of his time, most of which remain very much with us today. We sense immediately that he is passionate about what he writes; yet he never ceases to surprise us. Using persuasive argumentation he is often conservative when we expect him to be liberal and liberal when we expect him to be conservative. We may not always agree with him but he certainly tempts us to reexamine our long-standing beliefs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Theodore K. Stryker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0595463819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595463817\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 268\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.61d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/17\/2009","brand":"Theodore K. Stryker","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962505351423,"sku":"9780595463817","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_19e58d0c-c067-4c23-85b6-d95f39cf8dc6.jpg?v=1750651650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/driftwood-theodore-k-stryker-9780595463817","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}