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Condition
Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Country
USA
Type
Memoirs
Title
Saving Baltimore From Enemy Attack
Subjects
History & Military
Age Level
Adults, Young Adults
City
Baltimore
Era
1940s
Special Attributes
First Printing, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket
ISBN
9781401300234
EAN
9781401300234
Category

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10
1401300235
ISBN-13
9781401300234
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30227819

Product Key Features

Book Title
Defending Baltimore Against Enemy Attack : a Boyhood Year During World War II
Number of Pages
170 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Editors, Journalists, Publishers, Military / World War II, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), General, Form / Essays
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Humor, History
Author
Charles Osgood
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
10.6 Oz
Item Length
8.2 in
Item Width
5.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-102911
Dewey Edition
22
Grade From
Eighth Grade
Dewey Decimal
940.54/473/092 B
Grade To
College Graduate Student
Synopsis
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 fist-fight 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.
LC Classification Number
D811.5.O79 2004b

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    Seller packaged my item very carefully and shipped it out quickly, and it arrived earlier than the estimated time. Sadly the seller didn’t note in the description or in any of the listing images that this ‘brand new’ book had some staining along the edges of the pages. Personally I would’ve listed this book as “used but good condition” instead of brand new. But I’m just glad to have this book since I’ve been looking for it for a while, so it’s ok.
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