The Little Book

Stan "Wheeler" Burden is a the definition of his a "father's son". His father's life, which was lost WWII, is basically what dictates Wheeler's life. He went to the same prep school as him, played on the same Harvard baseball team as him, and was an all around brilliant person, just like his father. "The Little Book" is partly a book about how Wheeler rebels, and makes himself different. After needing one more strike to get a perfect game in a game against Yale, Wheeler takes off all of his clothes, sets them on the mound, and walks away. He drops out of Harvard and joins the music scene, ending up becoming an extremely popular rock star. Now, the real story starts. In 1988, when Wheeler is in his late 40s, he is suddenly transported back in time to late 1800s Vienna.

In Vienna, he meets his father, who has been transported back in time from the 1940s. His father, on the verge o death, was being tortured by the Germans when he woke up in Vienna. The two of them end up meeting Wheeler's grandparents (his father's parents), Sigmund Freud, Hitler as a child, their favorite teacher in prep school, and various other famous people.

I HIGHLY recommend reading Seldon Edward's The Little Book. It's a great mixture of fiction, romance, non-fiction, and realistic fiction that will fascinate even the least diligent of readers. If you decide to read it, try to take all the historical information for granted. If you think something is true historical fact, make sure you look it up before you argue about it with Mr. Sutton. There's a lot of made up stuff thats weaved in with the factual stuff. If you cannot STAND slow books, I don't recommend this book to you. At times there can be long, somewhat boring dialogues that seem to serve little purpose. Especially the scenes with Sigmund Freud. ESPECIALLY those ones. I'm not the sort of reader that likes slow-paced books, so it was surprising to me that I liked it. I highly suggest at least giving this book a try; it's extremely good if you get into it.