The ''Merlin'' Compass

Not the usual science fiction. Exploiting history and legends before WWII,

a prank, loving teen goes to Germany at a when neighbors struggled with

the English language and talked with foreign accents, but were proud to be

American citizens. Charles Lindbergh had crossed the Atlantic Ocean only

a few years earlier and an airplane would still be watched until it flew out

of sight. Telephones and radios were around, but these were the depression

years, so most everyone did without those extravagances. Times were tough

but, the people were tougher.