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    We Never Knew It: We Made It a Better World
    We Never Knew It: We Made It a Better World
    We Never Knew It: We Made It a Better World
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    We Never Knew It: We Made It a Better World

    By Edward F. Keene

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    Author Edward F. Keene was born in 1928, just in time to welcome the Great Depression. His life experiences encompass drastic change in the world and remarkable personal circumstances as well.

    Although this book is an autobiography,it reads like a novel with romance and heartbreak, success and failure, murder and closure. Everything written in this book is true and happened as it is described. Nothing is added or changed.

    In We Never Knew It, Keene recalls his childhood and young adulthood, describing his efforts to overcome a tragedy that occurred in his early teens and make this world a better place to live in. He paints a vivid picture of life in the thirties and forties, with recollections that feature World War II and its end from the perspective of a boy on the home front. In 1946, although the war was over, the eighteen-year-old Keene found himself eligible for the still-active draft. He elected to enlist in the navy for two years, after which he went to college and met the woman he would marry.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchway Publishing
    Release dateNov 13, 2015
    ISBN9781480823396
    We Never Knew It: We Made It a Better World
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    Edward F. Keene

    Upon retirement at age 60, I was presented a portrait of myself painted by my son Don. The medallion attached read - Dad: Our Eternal Gratitude - Douglas Donald Peter Marsha Gretchen. What more could a father ask? It came a few months later. A portrait of my wife also painted by Don. These are my two most treasured possessions.

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