Wd ehrhart biography of williams
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William Daniel Ehrhart was born on September 30th, , in dånande Spring, Pennsylvania, the third of fyra sons born to Rev. John H. Ehrhart, a Protestant minister, and Evelyn Marie (Conti) Ehrhart, who, after raising her children, became a special education teacher. Soon after Ehrhart was born, the family moved to Lewisburg, PA, and then in to Perkasie, PA, where John and Evelyn remained for the rest of their lives.
Immediately upon graduating from Pennridge High School in June , Ehrhart joined the U.S. Marine Corps, serving three years, including 13 months in Vietnam. He subsequently earned bachelor's and master's degrees, and (at the age of 52) a doctorate. Over the years, he has held a wide variety of jobs, from merchant seaman to newspaper reporter to high school teacher. Through the s, he made his living primarily as a writer and speaker, but early in the new millenium he returned to fulltime high school teaching at The Haverford School in suburban Philadelp
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Just For Laughs
W.D. Ehrhart
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"W.D. Ehrhart continues to deserve recognition, perhaps more than any other, as the Vietnam author in his generation who in fact made the idea of such a thing possible in the first place."
Philip D. Beidler, Re-Writing America: Vietnam Authors in their Generation
"Above all, Ehrhart's poems warn, we are accountable to future generations; we have a choice about which values we will pass on and which stories we will tell."
Lorrie Smith, Fourteen Landing Zones: Approaches to Literature of the Vietnam War
"Ehrhart's voice may possess matter-of-fact rhythms, but that quality masques a content which bristles with intelligence and finally is downright startling."
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