title: Growing up with Harry: Stories of Character
author:  Sherman Baldwin 
description: Sherman Baldwin has written awardwinningarticles on leadership andnational security and also wroteIronclaw, a book detailing his combatexperience during the first Persian GulfWar. Baldwin lives in Connecticut, withhis wife Alice, their three childrenHenry, Lucy and Shane and their dog Bogey.
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  _**To the memory of my grandparents,**_
  
   _ **Tom and Minnie Follett**_
  
   _ **Arthur and Bessie Evans**_
  
   _ **Cast of characters**_
  
   **American**
  
   _ **Dewar Family**_
  
  Senator Gus Dewar
  
  Rosa Dewar, _his wife_
  
  Woody Dewar, _their elder son_
  
  Chuck Dewar, _their younger son_
  
  Ursula Dewar, _Gus’s mother_
  
   _ **Peshkov Family**_
  
  Lev Peshkov
  
  Olga Peshkov, _his wife_
  
  Daisy Peshkov, _their daughter_
  
  Marga, _Lev’s mistress_
  
  Greg Peshkov, _son of Lev and Marga_
  
  Gladys Angelus, _film star, also Lev’s mistress_
  
   _ **Rouzrokh Family**_
  
  Dave Rouzrokh
  
  Joanne Rouzrokh, _his daughter_
  
   _ **Buffalo Socialites**_
  
  Dot Renshaw
  
  Charlie Farquharson
  
   _ **Others**_
  
  Joe Brekhunov, _a thug_
  
  Brian Hall, _union organizer_
  
  Jacky Jakes, _starlet_
  
  Eddie Parry, _sailor, friend of Chuck’s_
  
  Captain Vandermeier, _Chuck’s superior_
  
  Margaret Cowdry, _beautiful heiress_
  
   _ **Real Historical Characters**_
  
  President F. D. Roosevelt
  
  Marguerite ‘Missy’ LeHand, _his assis