I Kept My Chin Up Paperback – Import, 6 September 2012

This book is a tutorial for any school who wishes to add competions to the speech and drama departments for both middle and high schools. The author of this book details her experinences in high school to compete on both local and state level in speech and drama competitions. Hannah Ackerman, a 17 year old at the time of writing,This book chronicles her experinces to write historical dramas about perceived impact on mothers of two great Sea tragedies. The mothers were chosen from the many mothers who lost their sons in both disasters by the number of losses sustained. The mothers she choses are Mrs, Alleta Sullivan, mother of the five Sullivan brothers who lost their lives while serving aboard the USS Juneau CL 52 and Mrs Euniice Sage mother of the three Sage brothers, serving aboard USS Frank E Evans DD754. The author provides a step by step manuel how to prepare and deliver a one act play depicting the agony of a mother's loss of her sons. Several Military authors lend their support of this book by lending their acknowledgement of this accomplishment. One Author, Paul Sherbo, author of Unsinkable Sailors, gives a full accounting in his book of the Evans tragedy. A principal, or Speech and Drama department would be benefited to see the potential of this book which demonstrates: development in writing , and presentation of competive plays such as the ones demonstrated in this book.