Abe Aamidor is a former daily newspaper reporter and the author of several books, including Chuck Taylor, All Star: The True Story of the Man behind the Most Famous Athletic Shoe in History. He is also the author of short stories published in the Gettysburg Review, Chicago Quarterly Review, and elsewhere. He is a University of Chicago graduate and was born in Memphis, but grew up in Chicago from age seven.
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All deaths are hard to bear. But losing a son is the hardest. Memory of war always loomed large for Dwight Bogdanovic. After all, his immigrant grandfather volunteered to fight in World War I and his working-class father joined up with the Canadian Arm... SEE MORE