Love & War As Never Before: World War II through the eyes of a young boy and in the letters of a loving family

Love & War As Never Before is a look at what life was like for a boy living in Pittsburgh from age five to nine during World War II: from that dreary, cold Sunday in December 1941 when the radio reported the bombing of Pearl Harbor, to that sunny day in August 1945 when the city, and the nation, celebrated in the streets long into the night.

With that story as a baseline, Love & War As Never Before also reveals the ordeals of the boy’s aunts, uncles, cousin, and father serving in the war as...