Tag: Americans abroad

March 16, 2014 /

*** Eugene Walter During World War II, Walter spent three years in the Aleutian Islands as an Army cryptographer. He relocated to New York City afterward and became a resident of Greenwich Village during the post-WWII years. During this time he pioneered an early form of happening by staging a…

March 15, 2014 /

The Light in the Piazza and Other Italian Tales (Banner Books): Elizabeth Spencer, Robert Phillips: 9780878058372: Amazon.com: Books. In 1962 this book was made into a movie, but as usual the book has depths the film can’t touch. I reread the book recently before I had the pleasure of writing…