When We Were Young
- ISBN-10
- 0595342450
- ISBN-13
- 9780595342457
- Series
- When We Were Young
- Category
- Boys
- Pages
- 220
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Publisher
- iUniverse
- Author
- Jerry Flesher
Description
During the summer of 1944, after two-and-a-half years of war, American citizens on the home front were still caught up in a surge of patriotic fervor, making any sacrifice necessary to help the soldiers, sailors, marines and airmen that were engaged in combat. These people were the generation that endured the Great Depression only to be plunged into World War II. We meet four boys who are too young to be in uniform and want to do something to help the war effort. The focus is also on a young man who goes off to war and the girl he leaves behind who worries that he will perish in combat or will be maimed or crippled or will return a different man from the one she loved when he went off to war. We begin to understand what it was like to experience rationing, wartime anxieties, and the optimism and spirit of shared purpose that were central to life on America's home front during the first half of the 1940s. We meet the people who were young back then and learn that they, too, along with the fighting men, helped to save the world for democracy.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Si vienes a la Tierra
By Sophie BlackallSi vienes a la Tierra, hay algunas cosas que tienes que saber.
-
小飞侠
By James Matthew Barrie小飞侠
-
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark TwainSUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER READING The collected edition of Mark Twain's works is The Writings of Mark Twain , 37 volumes , New York , 1922–5 . GENERAL REFERENCE Asselineau , R. , The Literary Reputation of Mark Twain , 1910–50 .
-
The Best of Louisa May Alcott: A Charming Illustrated Collection of Little Women, Little Men, and 24 Short Stories
By Louisa May AlcottPresents two of the author's classic novels as well as a selection of her short stories.
-
One Indian Summer: A Novel
By Wayne CurtisRoman, der foregår i Miramichi Valley, Canada i årene efter 2. verdenskrig
-
And Then it Happened
By Michael WadeA boy and his friends Gordon and Paulo enjoy spending time together and getting into all sorts of mischief.
-
Future Men
By Douglas WilsonUnbelief squashes; faith teaches. Faith takes a boy aside and tells him that this part of what he did was good, while the other part of what he did got in the way. "And this is how to do it better next time.
-
Raising Boy Readers
By Michael SullivanBy informing parents what is behind boys' reading behaviors, the book helps build confidence and lower stress by also suggesting ways to help boys become lifelong readers.
-
How to Turn Boys Into Men Without a Man Around the House: A Single Mother's Guide
By Richard Bromfield, Cheryl ErwinHunter had listened to Larry chatter all the way home . “ It's dark . ” “ The stars are bright . ” For almost four hours , he had talked nonstop . “ My stomach's hungry . " His guard was down , maybe in some kind of trance , she thought ...
-
Making American Boys: Boyology and the Feral Tale
By Kenneth B. KiddIn The Sexual Enlightenment of Children, ed. Philip Rieff. New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1963. ———. “One of the Difficulties of Psychoanalysis” (1917). In Character and Culture, ed. Philip Rieff. New York: Collier-Macmillan, 1963. ———.