USED book. ONE owner. Inside-- clean & unmarked. Outside-- clean, sturdy, signs of gentle wear related to stacking/ storage/ opening/ reading. Spine-- creasing related to reading/ opening. OVERALL-- GREAT condition. Housed in a non-smoking/ climate-controlled/ pet-free environment. * All items are listed as accurately as possible. * Books are inspected before they are listed, and before they are shipped.

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  "Eddie's Bastard" is William Amos Mann, IV, known as Billy-- the son of a heroic pilot killed in Vietnam and an unknown woman.  The last in a line of proud, individualistic Irish-American men, Billy is discovered in a basket at the door of the dilapidated mansion where his bitter, hard-drinking grandfather, Thomas Mann, has exiled himself.  Astonished and moved by the arrival of his unexpected progeny, Thomas sets out to raise the boy himself-- on a diet of love, fried baloney and the fascinating lore of their shared heritage.  Listening to his grandfather's whiskey-tinged tales of the family's gloriously checkered past, Billy sets out to capture the stories on paper.  He is a Mann, Grandpa reminds him daily, and thus destined for greatness.