Grandfather J. B.: Letters to My Grandson

Memoirs told through witty, insightful, and occasionally poignant letters written by a self-taught immigrant to his professor grandson in the Sixties (first published by Little, Brown & Co., and now in high-quality digital eBook from Quid Pro Books). Both sweet and acerbic, with plenty of subtext and wistfulness of dreams of philosophy or just going to college, the book compels attention for its strong characters deftly revealed by short letters—and always the stern correction of the "stubbo…