We Bought a WWII Bomber: The Untold Story of A Michigan High School a B-17 Bomber & The Blue Ridge Parkway! - Paperback

by Sandra Warren (Author)

Learn how Junior high and high school students change the course of history, in 1943, by instigating enough war bond sales to buy a B-17 Bomber.

The extraordinary tale of how high school students were able to raise enough money, during WWII, to buy a B-17 bomber and the incredible 'spirit' that led alumni, seventy-two years later, to solve the mystery of what happened to the bomber."

During WWII, to help fund the war effort, junior high and senior high students at South High School in Grand Rapids, Michigan took part in the "Buy a Bomber" program initiating over $375,000 in War Bonds and Defense Loan Stamps sales, allowing them to purchase a B-17 Bomber. They christened the bomber, "The Spirit of South High," after which it flew off never to be heard from again, until now.

"A fascinating and little known story about the home front in World War 2. All students of History should take note about what can be done when one puts their mind to it." Donald M. Goldstein, Ph.D. Co Author of At Dawn We Slept and Miracle At Midway"
"Writing in the simple, unadorned terms of small-town America during wartime, Warren, a writer from the South High class of 1962, captures the patriotism and community spirit that sparked the students to canvass door-to-door.""...This bit of local history is a reminder of unheralded resolve and determination by students during WWII." Publishers Weekly/Book Life

Author Biography

Sandra Warren has published works in several genres including military biography, gifted education both books and videos, children's story books, CD & DVD, poetry, "how to," educational activity books and Reader's Theater. Sandra lives and writes in a log home in the North Carolina Mountains.