Little Mister Victory Book Talk with David Kruh

Learn the story of the infant abandoned on Victory Day in 1945 and his daughter's quest to find out who he was.

David Kruh, curator of “The Story of Boston’s BIG DIG” exhibit, returns to the West End Museum with a talk based on his newest book. Little Mister Victory tells the story of co-author Tina Drzal’s decades-long search for the woman who abandoned her father on VJ Day. Using cutting-edge DNA analysis and good-old-fashioned detective work (burrowing into newspaper archives, ecclesiastic, and government documents) they found the mother, along with a surprise; abandoning her newborn baby was not the most shocking act of her life.

Little Mister Victory is also a story of America from the Second World War to today, of the many people who, whether by accident, curiosity, or in the performance of their jobs, touched the life of a helpless infant who would eventually be adopted, serve our country in Vietnam, marry, and raise a family.

Additional information on the book may be found at littlemistervictory.com

Books will be available for purchase at the event. 

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