Boys of the Battleship North Carolina

Informationen zum Autor In the early 1960s, Cindy Ramsey was one of thousands of children who raised money to save the battleship North Carolina and bring it to Wilmington, North Carolina. Though her family was poor, her father made sure she and her siblings had money to take to school to help save the ship from becoming scrap. Ramsey grew up in Pender County, north of where the battleship now rests. She graduated with a B.A. in English in 1999 and an M.F.A. in creative writing in 2006, both from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Ramsey began writing and editing the Pender Post in February 2002, then purchased the newspaper that fall. She sold the newspaper and moved to Columbus, North Carolina, in 2006. She is now retired from the state community college system. Klappentext Ramsey tells the story of the battleship through the eyes of the men who served her in WW II. Zusammenfassung Ramsey tells the story of the battleship through the eyes of the men who served her in WW II.

Product details

• Authors: Cindy Horrell Ramsey
• Publisher: Blair John F Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2007
• EAN: 9780895873392
• ISBN: 978-0-89587-339-2
• No. of pages: 368
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Amerika, Zweiter Weltkrieg - Periode (1939 bis 1945), BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / Naval, History - Military / War, HISTORY / Military / United States