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''Faith of My Fathers'' is a 1999 bestselling non-fiction book by United States Senator John McCain with Mark Salter. Published by Random House, it is part autobiography, part family memoir. It traces the story of McCain's life growing up, during his time in the United States Naval Academy, and his military service as a naval aviator before and during the Vietnam War. His story is interwoven with those of his father John S. "Jack" McCain, Jr. and his grandfather John S. "Slew" McCain, Sr., both four-star admirals in the Navy. == History== McCain had rarely discussed his military experiences until the 1995 publication of Robert Timberg's ''The Nightingale's Song''.〔 After that book found critical praise, Timberg's literary agent tried to persuade McCain to write his own memoir on the subject; he was reluctant until she suggested he fold in the stories of his father and grandfather as well.〔 Publisher Random House paid McCain $500,000 for a two-book advance.〔 pp. 194–195.〕 Half went to McCain and half to Salter, McCain's longtime legislative aide.〔 The book's themes were heavily influenced by McCain's literary tastes, such as Ernest Hemingway's ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'', and its tone by Salter's gloomy view of human nature.〔 The book was released in late August 1999; during September, McCain went on a 15-city book tour, that dovetailed with campaign stops of his 2000 presidential campaign that would be formally announced later in the month.〔 The book was a commercial success, spending 24 weeks on the ''New York Times'' Best Seller list between September 1999 and March 2000, with a peak position of number two,〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Faith of My Fathers (1999) )〕 and selling over 500,000 copies. Reviews of the book were almost all positive.〔 McCain's royalties from the book were donated to charity. The success of the book tour and the book's high number of sales led to it becoming a central part of the themes of McCain's 2000 presidential campaign, and represented a fundamental change in McCain using his Vietnam and prisoner experiences as a framing device for the narrative of his life.〔 The memoir was made into the 2005 television film ''Faith of My Fathers''. McCain also wrote a sequel memoir, 2002's ''Worth the Fighting For'', that covered his life after returning from Vietnam and as a politician. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Faith of My Fathers」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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