Going to Chicago (ePub)
A Novel
(Sprache: Englisch)
There's real despair in Bennett's Corners, Ohio. It's 1934, and The Great Depression is dragging on. That's not to say young people don't have their big burning ambitions, their uncontrollable urges. They do.
Will Randall's dream is to go to the...
Will Randall's dream is to go to the...
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There's real despair in Bennett's Corners, Ohio. It's 1934, and The Great Depression is dragging on. That's not to say young people don't have their big burning ambitions, their uncontrollable urges. They do.
Will Randall's dream is to go to the Chicago World's Fair, to see the technological wonders of the modern age and to prepare himself for the glorious future sure to erupt once FDR gets a handle on things. Ace Gilbert had a different dream. He wants to find a "willing city girl".
So, on a scorching August day these two very-best-of-friends set out for Chicago in Ace's old Model T, which has been transformed with wings and a propeller to look like the Spad SXIII his father flew in The Great War. This is going to be the best week of their lives, even if Will's little brother-and his ear-ache-have to come along.
Driving across the Indiana cornfields, they're kidnapped by a pair of penny candy criminals, Gus Gillis and Gladys Batholomew, and thus begins an adventure none of them had bargained for.
At times, Aces's narrative is wickedly funny, at other times tearful. And sometimes, his bewilderment comes to full boil.
Going to Chicago is much more than a period romp across the American heartland. It's a journey into friendship-a friendship bigger than death.
Will Randall's dream is to go to the Chicago World's Fair, to see the technological wonders of the modern age and to prepare himself for the glorious future sure to erupt once FDR gets a handle on things. Ace Gilbert had a different dream. He wants to find a "willing city girl".
So, on a scorching August day these two very-best-of-friends set out for Chicago in Ace's old Model T, which has been transformed with wings and a propeller to look like the Spad SXIII his father flew in The Great War. This is going to be the best week of their lives, even if Will's little brother-and his ear-ache-have to come along.
Driving across the Indiana cornfields, they're kidnapped by a pair of penny candy criminals, Gus Gillis and Gladys Batholomew, and thus begins an adventure none of them had bargained for.
At times, Aces's narrative is wickedly funny, at other times tearful. And sometimes, his bewilderment comes to full boil.
Going to Chicago is much more than a period romp across the American heartland. It's a journey into friendship-a friendship bigger than death.
Autoren-Porträt von Rob Levandoski
Rob Levandoski was born June 5, 1949, in the Bennett's Corners area where Hinckley Township, Brunswick, Strongsville and North Royalton converge. His father, Clyde, was a storekeeper and Edna (Wildenheim) was his mother. Rob Levandoski, author of Fresh Eggs, tapped into his Medina County roots in penning his novels and mysteries. Levandoski attended a few local colleges (Lorain County Community College and Cleveland State University) after graduating from Brunswick High School in 1967. He pursued a career in journalism. He covered police and schools, wrote for the entertainment department and snapped pictures during his four years with the Medina County Gazette. Afterwards, Levandoski took a public relations job with Brunswick schools and edited political science textbooks for a Brunswick publishing company. He served as managing editor of Beverage Industry Magazine from 1985 until 1993, when it was sold to a Chicago company. Levandoski did some freelance work while writing his first novel, Going to Chicago. The book, published in 1997, told the story of two boys from rural Ohio going to the Chicago World's Fair in the 1930s. He continued spinning tales based on people and places in Northeast Ohio with Serendipity Green in 2000 and Fresh Eggs in 2002. He wrote the three books for the Morgue Mama Mystery Series under the pseudonym C.R. Corwin. Levandoski also wrote book reviews that appeared in The Plain Dealer and taught writing courses at the University of Akron. Rob Levandoski died of a brain aneurysm and heart attack in Akron on September 8, 2008, at age 59.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rob Levandoski
- 2015, 207 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: The Permanent Press
- ISBN-10: 1504011953
- ISBN-13: 9781504011952
- Erscheinungsdatum: 09.06.2015
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Pressezitat
“Levandoski’s search for meaning in meaningless tragedy is heartfelt.” —Kirkus Reviews
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