Flight to freedom : World War II through the eyes of a child : the story of Philomena Keller Baker /
by Kathryn Olmstead and Philomena Baker
- xv, 94 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 90-91)
Philomena Keller Baker was nine in 1944 when she and her mother boarded a boxcar attached to a train of wounded German soldiers in Odessa, Ukraine and began a perilous journey, mostly on foot, to American-occupied Germany. Sixty-five years later, Philomena began to tell her story of World War II in personal interviews that resulted, first, in a series of articles in the Bangor Daily News in 2010 and, two years later, in this book. Generously illustrated with precious family photographs Philomena's mother carried with her on their long trek, Flight to Freedom, is the experience of a child recalled as an adult so future generations might have a picture of war not found in history books. Provided by the publisher.
9781938883156 1938883152
Baker, Philomena Keller
World War, 1939-1945--Children--Ukraine--Biography World War, 1939-1945--Children--Germany--Biography World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, German Germans--Ukraine--Biography Imprints (Publishers' and printers' statements)--Maine--Rockland Authors, American--Maine