Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boygrowing up in northern Maine nearthe Canadian border, must write ahistory paper about his small town ofFrenchville. As his mother is tellinghim about growing up in nearby NewBrunswick, Canada, she tells him thatWhere I'm from, a boy is not a manuntil he kills a deer.
At that point Little Roger sets anew goal for himself, not only doeshe want to get an A on his historypaper about Frenchville but now healso wants to kill a deer and becomea man! He knows what he must dobut it is something very new to himand he must find a way to reconcilethe task with the...
Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boygrowing up in northern Maine nearthe Canadian border, must write ahistory paper about his small town ofFrenchville...
Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boygrowing up in northern Maine nearthe Canadian border, must write ahistory paper about his small town ofFrenchville. As his mother is tellinghim about growing up in nearby NewBrunswick, Canada, she tells him thatWhere I'm from, a boy is not a manuntil he kills a deer.
At that point Little Roger sets anew goal for himself, not only doeshe want to get an A on his historypaper about Frenchville but now healso wants to kill a deer and becomea man! He knows what he must dobut it is something very new to himand he must find a way to reconcilethe task with the...
Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boygrowing up in northern Maine nearthe Canadian border, must write ahistory paper about his small town ofFrenchville...
Jerome Brown, twenty-two, is on his last tower guard duty at Camp Delta, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like the other members of his Texas Army National Guard unit, Brown is looking forward to the end of his shift, especially since in less than twelve hours, his unit is slated to board a chartered plane and head back to Texas for their deactivation.
To kill time on an otherwise boring and mundane tower guard shift, Brown thinks about what he calls his Big Four: Should he leave the Army when his enlistment term ends in a couple of months? Should he convert to Islam like so...
Jerome Brown, twenty-two, is on his last tower guard duty at Camp Delta, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like the other members of his...
Jerome Brown, twenty-two, is on his last tower guard duty at Camp Delta, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like the other members of his Texas Army National Guard unit, Brown is looking forward to the end of his shift, especially since in less than twelve hours, his unit is slated to board a chartered plane and head back to Texas for their deactivation.
To kill time on an otherwise boring and mundane tower guard shift, Brown thinks about what he calls his Big Four: Should he leave the Army when his enlistment term ends in a couple of months? Should he convert to Islam like so...
Jerome Brown, twenty-two, is on his last tower guard duty at Camp Delta, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like the other members of his...
Two days ago, forty-seven-year-old Glenn Greenwood was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given six months left to live. While reflecting on his short life and twenty-year army career, Glenn often ponders what exactly Father LaBrie meant when he recently said, "I'll administer your last rites tomorrow, Glenn, Saturday, but before I do, I want to take you for a short ride, a short trip. I can also administer the sacrament of confession when you want." A short ride? A short trip? Glenn's not sure what that's all about, but when Saturday arrives, and Father LaBrie, as promised, takes Glenn...
Two days ago, forty-seven-year-old Glenn Greenwood was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given six months left to live. While reflecting on his ...