This Boy's Life

Description

The author of "The Barracks Thief" and "Hunters in the Snow" recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States, and tracing his experiences and changes from young boy to manhood against the background of a violent and wildly optimistic America.

The author of three collections of stories, Tobias Wolff lives with his family near Stanford University, where he is the director of the creative writing program.