The Wrong Page, My Astonishing Life as a Teenager in 1958, is an intimate, humorous self-portrait of a fourteen year old boy suddenly thrust into the adult world and seat of government of the most powerful country on Earth. It is Washington, DC in 1958. The Cold War is going strong and the country is coming apart as the Civil Rights Movement and Viet Nam War protests take center stage. Unsupervised and unaccountable in Washington, DC, he must adjust to living away from home, being alone, confronting bullies, an unfriendly high school, and working in the United States Capitol with congressmen and senators.The Wrong Page is a fun ride through the halls of Congress and the United States Capitol Building with its secret staircases, hidden chambers and a parade of characters who can only be found in the nation's capital.In four brief postscripts with equal humor, the author describes his college years, military experiences, years as a small town car dealer, and life as a road man working for an automobile company. The author's life had indeed been astonishing and then he became a writer and things got really weird. The Wrong Page is a personal narrative infused with humor and the sense of fear and confusion a young boy must confront when he is set adrift in a world within the beltway when there was no beltway. Yes, it really was that way once upon a time.
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The Wrong Page: My Astonishing Life as a Teenager in 1958
James Wharton is an American author of historical fiction, supernatural and humorous novels. Wharton's historical novels are developed on a foundation of extensively researched factual history. His humorous novels are loosely based on biographical events and bizarre individuals he has encountered along the way. James Wharton was born on February 22 (the same month and day as George Washington) in St. Louis, Missouri. Wharton traces his lineage to the Revolutionary War with several ancestors serving at Valley Forge. At age 14, Wharton left home to work for three years as a page boy in the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. He spent four years in the U.S. Air Force, one of which was in Southeast Asia in the Viet Nam War. Wharton is an Adjunct Professor of Economics and Marketing. His interest in history and historical fiction is a result of his family background and experience in Washington, D.C. and the military. Wharton has written twelve books and has four others under way at the present time. His web site is jameswharton.net and e-mail is jameswharton1@aol.com. Wharton's favorite quotation is "Those who don't know history are destined to repeat it." (Edmund Burke (1729-1797). He is a published author and has been writing full time for eight years. A former pilot, his expertise is aviation and history.
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