Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack - A Boyhood Year During World War II (Hardcover, New)

The year is 1942, and while America is reeling from the first blows of WWII, Osgood is just a nine-year-old boy living in Baltimore. As the war rages somewhere far beyond the boundaries of his hometown, he spends his days delivering newspapers, riding the trolley to the local amusement park, going to Orioles' baseball games, and goofing around with his younger sister. With a sharp eye for details, Osgood captures the texture of life in a very different era, a time before the polio vaccine and the atomic bomb. In his neighborhood of Liberty Heights, gaslights still glowed on every corner, milkmen delivered bottles of milk, and a loaf of bread cost nine cents. Osgood reminisces about his first fistfight with a kid from the neighborhood, his childhood crush on a girl named Sue, and his relationship with his father, a traveling salesman. He also talks about his early love for radio and how he used to huddle under the covers after his parents had turned off the lights, listening to "Superman, The Lone Ranger, The Shadow, and, of course, to baseball games. "Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack is a gloriously funny and nostalgic slice of American life and a moving look at World War II from the perspective of a child far away from the fighting, but very conscious of the reverberations.

General

Imprint:	Hyperion
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	May 2004
First published:	May 2004
Authors:	Charles Osgood
Dimensions:	221 x 145 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards
Pages:	170
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-4013-0023-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Humour > General Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Media, information & communication industries > General Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	1-4013-0023-5
Barcode:	9781401300234

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