Charlie Atherton was a two-fold son of Penn State. He was the son of Penn State president George W. Atherton and, as a member of the class of 1895, is reputed to be Penn State's first star athlete. Charlie was also an accomplished musician, a world traveler, and a writer whose letters document with candor the early days of professional sports, the plight of soldiers and refugees during World War I, and the Nazi rise to power. This book contains his letters that not only provide an eye-witness account of events around the turn of the 20th century, but mirror the disposition of a generation maturing in a time of economic euphoria and political turmoil.