When All the World Was Young - Hardcover

Sams, Ferrol

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 156352001X ISBN 13: 9781563520013

Publisher: Longstreet Press, 2001

Synopsis

The year is 1942 and Porter Osborne, Jr., is safely ensconced in medical school. He is physically safe, although taunted by the beckoning finger of Uncle Sam. Haunted by the family motto, "Remember who you are, " Porter wrestles with a flood of conflicting emotions. A year later, the conflicts still unresolved, he is an elisted man in the U.S. Army. In the face of incomprehensible delays and inefficiency, he wonders how America will ever prevail in the world war. Surgical Technician PFC Porter Osborne finally lands at Omaha Beach and joins the Allied fight against Germany. The final novel in the trilogy that began with "Run with the Horsemen" and "The Whisper of the River," "When all the World Was Young" continues the story of young Porter Osborne with the supreme wit and wisdom that readers have come to expect from the intimitable Ferrol Sams.

About this title

About the Author:

FERROL SAMS is a physician, humorist, storyteller, and best-selling novelist and is the author of seven books. Most notable is his trilogy of novels in which an eccentric and quixotic hero, Porter Osborne Jr., mirrors Sams's own Georgia boyhood in Fayette County. All of his works are rooted in the oral traditions of Southern humor and folklore. Sams and his wife were in private practice together in Fayetteville since 1951, and in 1987 they established the Fayette Medical Center.

Synopsis:

In medical school when World War II begins, Porter Osborne, Jr. feels compelled to enlist, and soon finds himself a surgical technician at Omaha Beach.

About this edition

• Publisher: Longstreet Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 156352001X
• ISBN 13: 9781563520013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160