Gertie, the Darling Duck of WWII -- Shari Swanson, Hardcover Sylvester Levay Earthquake (1974)

Earthquake (1974)

Track: 8 - Slide Show (Feat

and Sebastian [Ryan Gosling]

Nobel Prize winner Saul Bellow presents a multifaceted portrait of a modern-day hero

and cross-gender coalition building

Gertie, the Darling Duck of WWII -- Shari Swanson, Hardcover Sylvester Levay Earthquake (1974)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, this was an unlikely, precarious spot for a soon to