Traits of Mankind

About the Book

Using letters of the alphabet, the author examines the various traits that mankind possesses to some degree. Created with an infinite uniqueness, these traits are woven into the very fabric of our being. It is a greater part of our humanity and directly controlled by God’s gift of free will. Human traits with all their power and splendor are the very formation of mankind, but what each of us does with these traits becomes the sum of our existence.

About the Author

Jim retired from Philadelphia Electric Company (PECO) and resided in Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania, for nearly fifty years but now lives in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. He and his late wife, Lois, had four children. While James, Patricia, and Steven still live in the Drexel Hill area, their daughter Kathleen died in 1994 at the age of twenty-nine. A Korean War air force veteran, Jim served in Wiesbaden, Germany, from 1951 to 1954. He has a BS degree in economics from Villanova University and an MA degree in liberal arts from Temple University. Jim has published several children’s stories, a book of essays, a book of limericks, and The Last Field Marshal, a book on World War II. All can be found on his website www.jamesetague.com. E-mail him at jimtague30@comcast.net.