The Luckiest Man in the World: Stories from the Life of Papa Jake
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, History
The Luckiest Man in the World collects stories from the life of Jake Larson, known as Papa Jake. It begins on a Depression-era Minnesota farm with no electricity, where his parents sold moonshine to get by, and follows him to become his family's only high school graduate. Larson lied about his age to join the National Guard at fifteen and rose from the lowest infantry ranks to the V Corps operations staff, recalling Omaha Beach and the close calls that made him feel lucky.
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