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Young "Ike", The Exciting Story of Dwight D. Eisenhower, The Farm Boy Who Became President
Young Ike The Exciting Story of Dwight D Eisenhower The Farm Boy Who Became President Author:Alden Hatch A Closely Knit Family of Six Boys. Young Ike grew up on a modest farm in Kansas in a big, active family where all six brothers did farm work and helped out in their father's creamery. They liked to fish, play baseball and football - and dare each other into all kinds of adventures. Once Ike and Edgar took a wild ride during a flood in a boat ... more »without oars. When the six brothers - all with strong opinions - got into fistfights, their mother refused to interfere. She believed her sons should learn to make their own decisions.
Dwight D. Eisenhower was to make many decisions that would help shape the world events. Graduated from West Point in 1915, he rose through the ranks to become the Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces in World War II. In 1953, he was elected President of the United States.« less