| Flashbacks: From the Other Side of the Tracks (Growing Up Italian-American) Contributor(s): Carlotti, Gino (Author) |
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ISBN: 1893765075 ISBN-13: 9781893765078 Publisher: Via Media Publishing Company OUR PRICE: $12.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - History | Social History |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.23" H x 6" W x 9" (0.35 lbs) 110 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1930's - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 1950's - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - Italian - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a collection of personal accounts of growing up in an Italian-American home in an inter-city neighborhood of the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Accompanying the text are 52 pictures of an historical era many Americans hold close to their hearts and consider the most precious of their lives. The book fondly enlivens themes of America's melting pot. The author, a gifted storyteller, writes about topics that range from his parents' roots in Italy to life in Catholic schools' from how teanagers dressed when he was a boy to how U.S. military personnel are honored in American cemeteries throughout the world. The love of family, regard for old friends and classmates, and the importance of "toots" are threads that are woven throughout the book. |