New York, NY: Houghton Mifflin (1976)

First Edition. Signed.

Very good in price clipped dust jacket. The boards are bright with mild shelf wear on the edges. There is a previous owner stamp on the half title page. Conroy signed on the full title page.


Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He’s all Marine—fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife—beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben’s got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn’t give in—not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son. Bull Meecham is undoubtedly Pat Conroy’s most explosive character—a man you should hate, but a man you will love.