Growing Up Italian in the 50's: or How Most of Us Became Good Wise Guys a Growing Up Memories Book

Growing Up Italian in the 50s or How Most of Us Became Good Wise Guys by Tom DePaoli speaks to the heart of the baby boomer generation. Whether you're Greek, Irish, Russian or Cuban, chances are your family has deep pride in your ancestry. He shares not only his pride in being Italian, but also his childhood in a small Pennsylvanian town. While children today are surrounded by video games, iPods and personal computers, he believes that his childhood in the1950s was much better. He demonstrates how he and his neighborhood pals didn't rely on modern-day conveniences to entertain themselves. Rather, they escaped to nearby woods and participated in little league baseball and sandlot football. He shares his memories so that more recent generations can realize how that time period really followed "the good old days" description. He highlights the importance of family, as most of his memories involve his large, loving Italian family. "I primarily wrote this book to capture the experiences of growing up, and the 50s seemed to be much better for children. Not everyone turned out the better from this, but most of us did." Growing Up Italian in the 50s will instill a sense of nostalgia in all while showing younger generations what life was like for their parents and grandparents. So, go back to the 50's and enjoy, rock and roll, bee bop and tail finned cars.