Gertie, The Darling Duck of WWII Western Training Format: Spiral bound Pages: 160

Format: Spiral bound Pages: 160 Illustrations: 158 color photos

Bruiser and Dude chasing a dream

Over the past few decades

and Midwestern rodeos

Paperback  280 pages

Gertie, The Darling Duck of WWII Western Training Format: Spiral bound Pages: 160Author: Shari Swanson & Rene Graef (Illustrator) In 1945, the attention of the United States, along with the rest of the world, was focused on World War II. After more than five years of fighting, downcast, war weary people were looking for signs of hope of a better future. One April morning, a duck searching for a nesting spot lands on a tall post sticking out of the Milwaukee River. Situated near a busy drawbridge and the noisy city of Milwaukee,