Don't miss local author Rodney Watterson Wednesday, March 29th at 7pm. He will be talking about his latest book
"Boomtown Portsmouth : the World War II transformation of a quiet New
England seaport".
Portsmouth’s World War II legacy is well hidden. The city’s narrow
streets, which offer frequent glimpses into its heyday during the era of
sailing ships and colonial struggles, reveal little of the events that
occurred on those same streets during World War II. Yet it is that
wartime transformation that revitalized the city and equipped it to move
so boldly into the future that it enjoys today. Boomtown Portsmouth
tells the story of that frenzied transformation—a story with many
subplots: booming navy yard, hordes of immigrant workers, a flood of
federal dollars, burgeoning population, unprecedented prosperity, U-boat
threats, a mined harbor, blackouts, raucous liberty town, soaring VD
rates, massive infrastructure development, and much more. The story
concludes with an aggressive postwar plan designed to capture the best
and shed the worst of that wartime experience—first steps on the path
that led, in time, to the prized jewel that Portsmouth is today. Copies
of his book will be available for sale and Mr. Watterson will be happy to
sign them.
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
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