Searching for Ervin

This book tells two, intertwined stories. It describes a son's search, fifty years after his father's death, to understand him as a man and not simply as a father. It also tells Ervin Carlisle's own story from his early life in Columbus, Ohio, until his death in Delaware.He was a coach, principal, and then superintendent in the Delaware Schools, where an elementary school is named for him.During World War II he organized defense training schools and childcare programs and assisted with wartime rationing.