From a Small Town to the Big World
By (author) Norman Boehm Foreword by Aleksandra Ziólkowska-Boehm
Publication date:
02 December 2016Length of book:
138 pagesPublisher
Hamilton BooksDimensions:
231x149mm6x9"
ISBN-13: 9780761868767
This is a story of a young lad who chose college far away from his small home town of Washington, NJ. He worked in the oil industry for 16 years in Saudi Arabia, 4 years in London, England, and 3 years in Stavanger, Norway. 23 years of exposure to the world’s diverse cultures and peoples gave him an unwavering respect and admiration for all citizens of the world.
This book is a recollection of the events, thoughts, and experiences of Boehm’s transformative travels abroad. It contains stories of classical piano lessons, learning to fly a small single engine aircraft, and meeting with his distant relative, the world famous movie actress Ingrid Bergman. This memoir honors the remarkable life of a man full of adventure and travel all over the world.
This book is a recollection of the events, thoughts, and experiences of Boehm’s transformative travels abroad. It contains stories of classical piano lessons, learning to fly a small single engine aircraft, and meeting with his distant relative, the world famous movie actress Ingrid Bergman. This memoir honors the remarkable life of a man full of adventure and travel all over the world.
Norman Boehm’s story is a wonderful travelogue that sparkles with insights about a rich life, fully lived, richly detailed and evocative. This is true whether he is playing the piano (or baseball), meeting with his cousin Ingrid Bergman on the set of Anastasia, with Yul Brynner, or punching out a school bully who had insulted his partial German heritage during World War II. He ranges from Saudi Arabia to Poland and Norway, and across the United States. This is a rewarding and engaging reading experience.