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The Recipient's Son

Stephen Phillips

The names solemnly displayed in Memorial Hall at the U.S. Naval Academy serve as a constant reminder of why Annapolis is different from Harvard, or Stanford, or Duke. No midshipman recognizes this more viscerally than Donald Durago, who knows all too well that some will die--heroically, tragically, slowly, or quickly--in the service of their country.Set at the U.S. Naval Academy in the 1990s, The Recipient's Son tells the story of a young man's struggle to come to terms with his legacy as the son of a war hero and with his doubts about his own courage. Durago's father was killed i

GenresUnited States Naval AcademyFictionNaval educationSelf-realizationFathers and sonsMedal of Honor

270 pages, 3 editions

English edition · First published 2012 by Naval Institute Press · ISBN 9781612511696

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Editions

3 editions

English

  • The recipient's son · Naval Institute Press · 2012 · ISBN 9781612511696 This page
  • The Recipient’s Son · Author Solutions · 2019 · ISBN 9781796023961
  • The Recipient's Son: A Novel of Honor · Naval Institute Press · 2012 · ISBN 9781612511160

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