From a Small Town to the Big World.
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- text
- computer
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- 9780761868774
- 910.92
- G226.B64.B64 2017
Intro -- Contents -- Photographs -- Foreword by Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm -- Notes -- Preface -- 1 My German and Swedish Ancestry -- 2 Boyhood and Grade School Years -- Cowboys and Indians -- Second Ambition-Baseball -- Winter Sports -- My First Airplane Ride -- Piano Lessons -- Meeting Ingrid Bergman -- Cherished Animals -- My First School -- Memorable Christmas Times -- 3 High School Years -- The U.S.A. at War -- The Big Bands and Dancing -- My First Kerry Blue Terrier -- My Friend Art Schaare -- 4 College Years and the Navy -- Becoming an ATO Fraternity Member -- Joining the U. S. Navy -- Back to UND -- Notes -- 5 My Working Years -- Aramco Career (New York Office) -- Arabian Adventure-Bachelor Days -- Meeting an Old Acquaintance -- Recreation -- An Exciting Invitation -- The Weekly Highlight Letter -- Meeting Ingrid Bergman Again -- Aeronca Chief -- My Friend Bob Ackerman -- Return to Saudi Arabia -- North Cormorant Project-London -- Odin Project - Stavanger, Norway -- Back to Delaware -- Notes -- 6 In the End -- Annex 1: A Flood of Memories -- Return without Apprehension -- Professor Ben Gustafson -- Military Exposure -- Fall Football -- My First Winter -- Hockey on Natural Ice -- Brother Paul -- Professor Elwyn Robinson -- Too Many Germans -- Big Band Al -- The Missing Socks -- Dussell and Dusseldorf -- Thanksgiving -- Chorus Boy -- "Hazing" -- Spring Training -- Making Ends Meet -- Annex 2: About Aramco -- Annex 3 -- A. Contracting Lecture -- B. Contracting for Projects -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.
This book is a recollection of the events, thoughts, and experiences of Boehm's transformative travels abroad. It contains stories of piano lessons, flying lessons, and meeting with the world famous Ingrid Bergman. This memoir honors the remarkable life of a man full of adventure and travel all over the world.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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