Our Boomer Years
The Autobiography of a Boomer
by Chas Wienke

Dust and fallout from the Atomic bomb still tinge the air when the first Boomers arrive. Chas and his family, trying to blend into a rural, tightly knit Old-World Wisconsin community enter an era of turbulent change, where family circumstances, employment, and even physical features become subjects of speculation. Uncovering this background yields many untold stories. Join Chas and friends, the first Boomers, as they continually adjust to new realities, from dirt roads to Interstates, steam trains to Diesels; they see the Jet Age blossom, and satellites reach into space all within one amazing generation. 'Return...now to those thrilling days of yesteryear' in Our Boomer Years.

"These untold stories help us understand the challenges of growing up after the turbulent years of World War II. We can have hope for tomorrow by remembering the past."

Mark Tomlinson, FL

"As piece after piece of history is being removed from our textbooks and our landscapes, I must admire a man who is creatively working to preserve a piece of it that he personally experienced and researched."

Jeanne Shea, FL

Author Chas Wienke, born in 1946, witnessed the unfolding of the Boomer Generation. By writing heartfelt and entertaining accounts of his life experiences during a time of great change in America, his ultimate goal is in sharing this past with later generations, before it can be forgotten by our own grandchildren.

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