Book author Philip Kunhardt Jr. worked for Life magazine as a reporter and managing editor in the early 1950s until 1972 when it ceased publication, then again in 1978 as managing editor until retiring in 1982.
In 1963, author Philip Kunhardt Jr.'s father died of a heart attack. Six years later, Philip himself had a serious heart attack. My Father's House (1975) is about a father and a son, but it is more than that. It is about family life as many Americans remember it: about seasons in the country and the rich impressions they left; about summer vacations, learning to fish and climb mountains, the fun of doing something hard and together; about tribulations as well as the pattern of family life --- made even more enjoyable by anticipation and repetition.