The Years Before : A Memoir

Martin's memoir unfolds from his Chicago-born parents' 1922 move to Northern Wisconsin. They and other pioneers started a small church amidst large stumps, wild fires, rocky soil, short growing seasons and a tornado. A temporary church was shot at and vandalized. Lumber for a new church was torched. Martin rode in a school bus pulled by horses powered only with Polish commands and he rubbed shoulders with immigrants and odd neighbors. Al Capone mobsters bootlegged moonshine and poached deer nearby. Later, Martin rode a 1928 Harley motorcycle underpowered on one cylinder as he couldn't afford to buy parts for repairs, yet he got to attend The Chicago World's Fair 1933-1934. During World War II he became a head bombardier, navigator and radar operator in the 445th Bomb Group stationed north of London. Don't miss this coming of age memoir spanning three decades in 200 pages; illustrated with 125 photographs.

• | Author: Martin O'Connor
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Dec 11, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 200 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1791395791
• | ISBN-13: 9781791395797