HAGERSTOWN, Ind., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Set in a middle-class neighborhood on the east side of Indianapolis during World War II, "Me and Howard: Surviving the '40s in Indianapolis" (published by iUniverse) is a non-fiction work about simpler times in a smaller America.
This nostalgic memoir, written by Raymond N. Armstrong, details how Raymond and older brother Howard grew up together, explored together and learned from each other, and from friends and family, what it meant to be boys. They grew up in an ordinary neighborhood, with playmates like themselves who learned out of necessity to be creative and inventive with their time. They climbed trees, invented games on bicycles, explored the creek, and told each other stories under spirea bushes in the backyard, often with close buddies "Doc" and "Mildew" who shared many of their adventures.
The boys learned to work, to study, to follow their hobbies, and eventually to take their place in the community as productive citizens. For this they credit their devoted schoolteachers, members of their church, and persons in the neighborhood. The Armstrong brothers especially credit their loving parents who gave them a legacy of hard work, hope, and a life based on faith in God. Together, the family pursued gardening, canning, walks in the woods, Christmas traditions at home and with grandparents, and a reliance on Christian faith that took form in the context of a congregation of German-American churchmen.
The author recalls the shared conflicts and joys of boyhood during a time of war and rationing, anchored by the values of their parents. Their neighborhood still maintained family life, school discipline, ethics in business and relationships, and time for boys to explore the world around them.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Raymond Armstrong is a retired United Methodist Church and the United Church of Christ minister. He and wife Deena, a Speech/Language Pathologist, live in Hagerstown, Indiana. They have four children and six grandchildren. Besides writing, Ray pursues photography, painting, cooking, and building muzzle-loading rifles. Occasionally, he still preaches. This is his first book.
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