A Philadelphia Story

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“At the request of my grandson to make some “artistic impressions” of the family, I put pen to paper recalling experiences of my “good old days” with sketches and episodic writings.  Soon enough I found myself with a stack of memories about penny candy, 17-cent-per-gallon gasoline, 10-cent Saturday movie matinees, window iceboxes and more.  The result is this book.

A collection of snapshots of my life in a typical North Philadelphia neighborhood.  Experiences shared by a generation of kids — many of them sons and daughters of immigrants — where the reality of The Great Depression was no match for the power of a child’s imagination.”