Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack: A Boyhood Year During World War II - Hardcover

Charles Osgood

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786261587 ISBN 13: 9780786261581

Publisher: Thorndike Press, 2004

Synopsis

The year is 1942, and while America is reeling from the first blows of World War II, nine-year-old Charlie Osgood Wood spends his days planting victory gardens and collecting scrap metal for the war effort, as well as delivering newspapers, going to Orioles baseball games, and goofing around with his younger sister. Readers of all generations will cherish a sweet and moving book about a very special time in our nation's history.

About this title

About the Author:

Charles Osgood writes and anchors The Osgood File four times daily over the CBS radio network and anchors CBS television's Sunday Morning every week. He is the winner of two Emmys and three Peabody Awards; Washington Journalism Review named him "Best in the Business" five years running; and in 1990 he was inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters' Broadcasting Hall of Fame. He lives in New Jersey.

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"As a nine year-old patriot on the home front, I helped to collect scrap rubber, scrap metal, tinfoil, old newspapers, and even cans of fat for the war effort. Some of the tinfoil came from my father's packs of cigarettes, some of it came from my packs of gum, and some of the rubber came from rubber bands that I took home from school. Stealing them wasn't a sin because I kept hearing that God was on our side. Praise the Lord and pass the school supplies.

That year, 1942, was the best of times for a Baltimore boy who always seemed to be feeling good and the worst of times for a nation reeling from the first blows of World War Two."

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0786261587
• ISBN 13: 9780786261581
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 170