And One Stayed Home - Softcover

Roane, Janice J.; Roane Jr, Ripley P.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0996975004 ISBN 13: 9780996975001

Publisher: Janice J Roane and Ripley P Roane Jr, 2016

Synopsis

Authors Janice Roane and Ripley Roane Jr. recreate a fictional but factual journey of five Louisiana boys who come of age as the United States enters WWII after the Pearl Harbor attack. Their stories give a glimpse of small town life in the early forties, following each boy as he meets his destiny.

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"I am the master of my fate. I am the captain of my soul." -Invictus William Ernest Henley

"Main Street bustled with unprecedented activity, as the ladies purchased their linen department store dresses for graduation night. The men sported their new straw hats in anticipation of the ceremony. Across the tracks, the shanty district was teeming with vibrancy. Miss Bessie was hard at work, sweating over her sewing machine, trying to finish all the Negro ladies dresses, while Miss Flossie trimmed up their hats for the occasion. At five o'clock, the saw mill's whistle dispersed a cacophony of sonorous ruckus that warned the town folks of the dwindling hours approaching. The habitual gossipers headed off from the red aged brick post office for supper, anxiously anticipating the radio program of the night. At the same time, the local drunks were making their way to their favorite drinking holes. The barber, Snookie, was locking up his shop, weary from all the extra haircuts. The striped candy cane pole attracted the youngsters and today they were seen trying to climb to its peak."

Edition details

• Publisher: Janice J Roane and Ripley P Roane Jr
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0996975004
• ISBN 13: 9780996975001
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 268