>>535445219
The guy wrote it because his marriage was failing and he couldn't stop cheating on his wife and he was dealing with cholecystitis and massive amounts of stress and that's before joining WWII.
He wrote a children's book to calm down and figure out his issues with relating to other adults, and would also read and write while flying a plane. He was escaping on levels not yet previously seen in escapism, and then he died making it tragic and mysterious too.