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

by Charles Osgood

Overview

From beloved broadcaster Charles Osgood, a poignant memoir about one unforgettable childhood year during World War II, now in paperback

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. With a sharp eye for details, Osgood captures the texture of life in a bygone era.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786888351
Publisher:	Grand Central Publishing
Publication date:	05/11/2005
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.19(w) x 8.00(h) x (d)
Age Range:	17 - 18 Years

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.

Read an Excerpt

"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."

Table of Contents

	Prelude: Norman Rockwell's Boy	1
1	Home Front, Sweet Home Front	13
2	I'll Be Seeing You	21
3	The Endless Play Date	39
4	Not Quite Huck Finn	57
5	There's No Place Like a Station House	69
6	Doo-Dah	85
7	Reading, Writing, and Is Maine in Spain?	105
8	Above the Orioles, My Bluebird	117
9	Yankee Doodle Dandy	131

Editorial Reviews

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