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Great Santini

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.

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  • "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."@en
  • "Explores the relationship between a career military officer and his family."@en
  • "Explores the relationship between a career military officer and his family."
  • "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. Benn 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."
  • "Bull Meecham is a marine fighter pilot who runs his family like a drill instructor shaping up a bunch of raw recruits. His beautiful wife, Lillian is Southern-bred with a soul of velvet steel. Without her cool, her kids would be in real trouble. Bull Meecham should be hated; instead he is a man you'll grow to love."
  • ""Based on the author's own childhood experiences growing up in a military family, this is the story of a boy's determination to be himself, whatever that may be."--Container."@en
  • "As the oldest child in a military family, Ben takes the brunt of his father's criticism. His attempts to stand up for himself are contemptuously dismissed. But he is determined to be himself, whatever that may be."@en
  • "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."@en
  • "Marine pilot Bull Meecham's stern and unyielding personality challenges his southern-bred gentle wife and his top athlete son to stand up and fight back against the hard knocks of life."
  • "Bull Meecham is the epitome of the Marine officer, at home and at the base. As the oldest child, Ben takes the brunt of his father's criticism. His feelings for his father are a mixture of hate, fear, and unacknowledged love."
  • "Bull Meecham is the epitome of the Marine officer, at home and at the base. As the oldest child, Ben takes the brunt of his father's criticism. His feelings for his father are a mixture of hate, fear, and unacknowledged love."@en

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  • "MP3 (Audio coding standard)"@en
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  • "Domestic fiction"
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  • "Great Santini"@en
  • "The Great Santini"@en
  • "The Great Santini"
  • "The great Santini"
  • "The great Santini"@en
  • "The great santini"@en

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