A Boy Alone in the Usa Story
Author | : Rod Berg Schonenberg |
Publisher | : Archway Publishing |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 2021-11-30 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781665707619 |
ISBN-13 | : 1665707615 |
Rating | : 4/5 (19 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: BROUGHT TO THE USA WHEN HE WAS A FEW MONTHS OLD AND VERY SICK TO JOHN HOPKINS HOSPITAL, MD THEY SAVED HIS LIFE, WENT TO SCHOOL AT MOUNT WASHINGTON SEMINARY, BALTIMORE, MD WHEN HE WAS TWELVE YEARS OLD WENT TO AUGUSTA MILITARY ACADEMY IN FT DEFIANCE, VA; AS A TEENAGER HE WAS TAKEN TO EUROPE AND PLACED IN SEVERAL PRIVATE SCHOOLS IN FRANCE, ITALY, SPAIN AND SWITZERLAND, HE BECOME A LANGUAGES PROFESSOR, BEFORE WWII HE RETURNED TO EL SALVADOR, CENTRAL AMERICA WITH HIS FATHER. HE ENJOYED SPORTS: TENNIS HE COMPETED AND WON SEVERAL CHAMPIONSHIPS IN EUROPE AND WAS AN INSTRUCTOR IN EL SALVADOR, AS WELL AS A TEACHER IN LANGUAGES, HE ALSO LOVED SKIING, SWIMMING AND SOCCER. HE WROTE AND COMPOSED HUNDRED AND HUNDRED OF POEMS IN FIVE (5) LANGUAGES.