01722cam a2200349 i 4500 364481935 TxAuBib 20181219120000.0 071205s2006||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2007282294 9780553381559 16.00 0553381555 16.00 eng rda TxAuBib rda Conroy, Pat. The Great Santini [BOOK] / Pat Conroy. New York : Dial PressTrade Paperbacks, 2006. 471 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Originally published by Houghton Mifflin in 1976. "Step into the powerhouse life of Bull Meecham. He's all Marine-fighter pilot, king of the clouds, and absolute ruler of his family. Lillian is his wife - beautiful, southern-bred, with a core of velvet steel. Without her cool head, her kids would be in real trouble. Ben is the oldest, a born athlete whose best never satisfies the big man. Ben's got to stand up, even fight back, against a father who doesn't give in - not to his men, not to his wife, and certainly not to his son. Bull Meecham is undoubtedly Pat Conroy's most explosive character - a man you should hate, but a man you will love.". 20181219. Marines Fiction. Fathers and sons Fiction. Parental acceptance Fiction. Families of military personnel Fiction. Patriarchy Fiction. Fighter pilots Fiction. South Carolina Fiction. Domestic fiction.