Notes

This book relives a defining period of American history - the Great Depression and World War II - as seen through the eyes of a young boy living the time in San Francisco, California. In addition to his own Depression and war-time adventures, the author, a son of an Austrian mother and a German father, comments on how his parents and their sisters and brother cope with the challenges of a new life, a new language, and a new culture. In addition to their Depression struggles, family members must also deal with the looming war with their homeland and the distinct possibility that one of the sons would soon be dropping bombs on relatives still living in Germany.