Growing Up In California

About the Book

Seldom has a biography produced such a ribald cast of characters, from saints to scoundrels, from war heros to draft dodgers, from movie stars to could-have-beens. Growing up in a show business family during World War II, the author relishes in prose unique glimpses of the lives and times of those who entertained and enlightened the greatest generation.

About the Author

Michael Barker, a respected architect, city planner, and ocean racer has a passion for history, especially the role of the unsung life that reveals surprising historic insights. A wry observer and reconteur, Barker has drawn on his own childhood to write a charming narrative of how it was growing up in a show business family during World War II.