A Boy Called Jesse: A Hometown Hero by Bowen, Joshua

A Boy Called Jesse: A Hometown Hero (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781515211983)

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Format: Paperback
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A Boy Called Jesse: A Hometown Hero by Bowen, Joshua

A Boy Called Jesse: A Hometown Hero

$13.99
A Boy Called Jesse: A Hometown Hero by Bowen, Joshua

A Boy Called Jesse: A Hometown Hero

$13.99
Format: Paperback
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As a small boy, Earl Crawford liked to dress up as the famous bank robber Jesse James, so his teacher nicknamed him "Jesse." He was only nineteen years old when he shipped out to Germany. They traveled in small boxcars that were called "40 and 8s," because they held forty men or eight horses. Young Jesse was unprepared for all the suffering and destruction he would witness. As the Allies won battles throughout Europe, the soldiers came upon the prison camps that we now call the Nazi concentration camps. When Jesse first saw the "walking skeletons" coming off the train, he felt sick. It's important that we remember by reading how Jesse made a difference serving in WWII.

Author: Joshua Bowen,A. Book by Me
ISBN-10: 1515211983
ISBN-13: 9781515211983
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2015
Pages: 26
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.24lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.07d
By Joshua Bowen
By Joshua Bowen
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Joshua Bowen met Jesse in March of 2006 when he was a fifth grader at Apollo Elementary School in Aledo, Illinois. Their family hosts foreign exchange students, and this particular year, they housed a girl named Laura Kase from Germany. She was the artist for this project. Joshua has four older sisters and one brother. His grandfather, Dale Bowen, served as a Naval Flight Instructor during World War II. Joshua enjoyed getting to know Jesse and telling his story for young readers. Hearing him talk and seeing his photos made the war real to him. Jesse taught Joshua how to make a fishing lure that is a "sure bet" when you're trying to hook a big fish. When Jesse passed away, his wife Pat gave Joshua two of his belt buckles to remember him by. He will always treasure them.

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