Slow Dance to Pearl Harbor: A Tin Can Ensign in Prewar America Review

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(More customer reviews)I am the author's granddaughter, writing in response to the review I just read by Robert B. Shirley. I had to laugh to myself when reading about Mr. Shirley's reaction to the bragging about my grandfather's many talents. I can assert here that he was a very talented artist, very athletic, and sang in many a barbershop quartet. And I can also state that to understand his reason for writing these facts is to understand the man who wrote them. He was very proud of all of his accomplishments, and he worked very hard to achieve every talent, every award he received. He was born on a small farm in Pennsylvania and worked his way to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, along the way acquiring many talents and perfecting them. Quite simply put, I appreciate Mr. Shirley's explanation of why he placed such facts about himself in there, but I am not even sure if there is a deeper reason other than the fact that the book truly reflected him as a person. He was a bit cocky, even at 83 years old when he released this book. He passed away just today, the fact that led me to post this review. I hope all who get a chance will read his books he was a very good writer, an interest he passed down to me.

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Evoking Mister Roberts, The Winds of War, and The Caine Muntiny--except for the fact that it is a true story--Slow Dance to Pearl Harbor offers a fascinating, colorful description of life as it really was in an innocent and naive America before the first bombs fell. Ruhe is the author of War in the Boats.