Edmund G. Love was a Flushing/Flint, Michigan native who went on to write for the Saturday Evening Post, as well as author 20 books. Love received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Michigan and taught at a high school in Flint (I believe Central) because being drafted into the Army. After the war, Love headed the team that recorded the military history of the war in the Pacific.
Love's best known books essentially chronicle his life in a way that is mostly mostly memoir, but also fantastic and decidedly not completely true. (Though this often is the nature of memoirs).
"The Situation in Flushing" tells the story of his childhood in the small town of Flushing as a boy who loved trains.
"Hanging On" essentially starts up where "The Situation" ends, after Love's family moved to Flint. This book tells of how he and his family survived the Great Depression while attending college.
"A Small Bequest" tells of the trip to the Upper Peninsula Love and his friend made to see about land left to him and his brothers by his late grandfather. Chronologically, this story takes place within the story of "Hanging On" and is even referenced in the book.
"War is a Private Affair" tells of Love's experiences in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the stories he tells are not "military history" worthy and were not included in the official report, but are stories he thought were very important. One of these stories is of Ben Saloman.
"Subways are for Sleeping" tells of when Love lived in New York City without a place to live. He was homeless and would sleep on the subway. He also got to know other homeless people who lived in such a way by choice.
Love's book "Subways are for Sleeping" inspired a short lived Broadway musical of the same name that played from 1961-62.
Edmund G. Love died at St. Joseph Hospital in Flint, Michigan as a result of a heart attack.
Love's best known books essentially chronicle his life in a way that is mostly mostly memoir, but also fantastic and decidedly not completely true. (Though this often is the nature of memoirs).
"The Situation in Flushing" tells the story of his childhood in the small town of Flushing as a boy who loved trains.
"Hanging On" essentially starts up where "The Situation" ends, after Love's family moved to Flint. This book tells of how he and his family survived the Great Depression while attending college.
"A Small Bequest" tells of the trip to the Upper Peninsula Love and his friend made to see about land left to him and his brothers by his late grandfather. Chronologically, this story takes place within the story of "Hanging On" and is even referenced in the book.
"War is a Private Affair" tells of Love's experiences in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the stories he tells are not "military history" worthy and were not included in the official report, but are stories he thought were very important. One of these stories is of Ben Saloman.
"Subways are for Sleeping" tells of when Love lived in New York City without a place to live. He was homeless and would sleep on the subway. He also got to know other homeless people who lived in such a way by choice.
Love's book "Subways are for Sleeping" inspired a short lived Broadway musical of the same name that played from 1961-62.
Edmund G. Love died at St. Joseph Hospital in Flint, Michigan as a result of a heart attack.
Edmund G. Love was a Flushing/Flint, Michigan native who went on to write for the Saturday Evening Post, as well as author 20 books. Love received his bachelors and masters degrees from the University of Michigan and taught at a high school in Flint (I believe Central) because being drafted into the Army. After the war, Love headed the team that recorded the military history of the war in the Pacific.
Love's best known books essentially chronicle his life in a way that is mostly mostly memoir, but also fantastic and decidedly not completely true. (Though this often is the nature of memoirs).
"The Situation in Flushing" tells the story of his childhood in the small town of Flushing as a boy who loved trains.
"Hanging On" essentially starts up where "The Situation" ends, after Love's family moved to Flint. This book tells of how he and his family survived the Great Depression while attending college.
"A Small Bequest" tells of the trip to the Upper Peninsula Love and his friend made to see about land left to him and his brothers by his late grandfather. Chronologically, this story takes place within the story of "Hanging On" and is even referenced in the book.
"War is a Private Affair" tells of Love's experiences in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the stories he tells are not "military history" worthy and were not included in the official report, but are stories he thought were very important. One of these stories is of Ben Saloman.
"Subways are for Sleeping" tells of when Love lived in New York City without a place to live. He was homeless and would sleep on the subway. He also got to know other homeless people who lived in such a way by choice.
Love's book "Subways are for Sleeping" inspired a short lived Broadway musical of the same name that played from 1961-62.
Edmund G. Love died at St. Joseph Hospital in Flint, Michigan as a result of a heart attack.
Love's best known books essentially chronicle his life in a way that is mostly mostly memoir, but also fantastic and decidedly not completely true. (Though this often is the nature of memoirs).
"The Situation in Flushing" tells the story of his childhood in the small town of Flushing as a boy who loved trains.
"Hanging On" essentially starts up where "The Situation" ends, after Love's family moved to Flint. This book tells of how he and his family survived the Great Depression while attending college.
"A Small Bequest" tells of the trip to the Upper Peninsula Love and his friend made to see about land left to him and his brothers by his late grandfather. Chronologically, this story takes place within the story of "Hanging On" and is even referenced in the book.
"War is a Private Affair" tells of Love's experiences in the Pacific Theater of WWII. Many of the stories he tells are not "military history" worthy and were not included in the official report, but are stories he thought were very important. One of these stories is of Ben Saloman.
"Subways are for Sleeping" tells of when Love lived in New York City without a place to live. He was homeless and would sleep on the subway. He also got to know other homeless people who lived in such a way by choice.
Love's book "Subways are for Sleeping" inspired a short lived Broadway musical of the same name that played from 1961-62.
Edmund G. Love died at St. Joseph Hospital in Flint, Michigan as a result of a heart attack.
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