Reading: ROBERT A. HEINLEIN (Part 2)

© William H. Patterson, Jr.

Continuing from Part 1, I'm taking a look at this book in sections, here covering chapters 11-19, up to page 251. More fascinating reading, more surprises, taking Heinlein into a second marriage, through his Navy service into a brief political career and the beginnings of writing fiction.

Without ever having considered the numbers, I always thought the man's Naval service ran at least through World War Two, but in fact it was much briefer. He served in various jobs a...