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Captain Wonder, Lou Gehrig, and Me
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By Alex Kole$15
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978-0-9792371-6-4
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Travel with author Alex Kole on a sentimental journey back to a place in the Bronx where a malted cost a nickel and friends were worth a million. A memoir, written in the style made famous by the TV show, The Wonder Years (the narrator is present day Alex Kole, remembering back to his earlier years through the younger Alex), Captain Wonder, Lou Gehrig, & Me appeals to readers of all ages. We can all identify with four-year-old Alex getting his first bike, the boys playing stickball, the pre-teen with his club, and the young man at boot camp. And through it all—through the Great Depression, through the awkward teenage years, and through World War II—Alex, his friends and family, show us how to not just survive, but thrive. Thrive in a way that is often lost or over looked in today's fast-paced, instant gratification world. Without the Internet or Nintendo games to play, Alex and his friends used their imagination to create, and looked to heros such as Lou Gehrig and comic book characters like Captain Wonder as role models to a better future for all. Unique features of this memoir include:
- Each chapter ends with a list of facts for that time in history, such as the price of bread, top news headlines, & the current President of the USA.
- Photos and other memoribilia from Alex's childhood as graphical elements to tell more of the story and document for historical purposes
- Key documents from that era, including text from Alex's diary he kept as a soldier in WWII
- Anecdotes and humor bring you back into these early years of our Nation's history
Reads like a novel, yet provides us all with an education on what life was like back in the 1930's and 1940's for much of our nation. An uplifting, feel good book, Captain Wonder, Lou Gehrig, & Me is one book you will read more than once.
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