Overview

Living life in a rowhouse neighborhood surrounded by Catholic parishes, corner stores, and thousands of kids your age, is a unique experience. From the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, McCullough discusses the games he used to play and how his neighbors kept a close eye on all. A compilation of essays that detail life in Southwest Philadelphia to New Jersey. He includes memories of Christmas time, days in school with the Catholic nuns, vacations at the Jersey shore, throwing snowballs, getting under the fireplug, and going to the Saturday movies. McCullough pays tribute to his neighborhood heroes, one who was killed during the Vietnam war and a police buddy who was killed in the line of duty. Other heroes, he mentions, helped take care of his mother who suffered from MS.

Description

Philadelphia is a series of neighborhoods. We have South Philly, Southwest Philly, Grays Ferry, Fishtown, Kensington, Olney, the Great Northeast, the list is almost endless. McCullough's book concentrates on Southwest Philadelphia and how we lived daily. From the late 1950s to the mid-1980s, McCullough discusses the games we learned to play in an urban environment and how this landscape taught us other methods of competing, whether we used a broom stick and a pimple ball or learned to catch a baseball with the opposite hand glove as many of us didn't have the proper equipment. His hope is to bring back wonderful memories to those who grew up this way and to others who are looking for a smile, a laugh, or maybe a tear or two.

About The Author

Michael McCullough was raised in Southwest Philadelphia. He graduated from St. Barnabas Grade School, West Catholic High for Boys, Pennsylvania Institute of Technology where he received an Associate Degree in Mechanical Engineering Technology and Widener University where he received a bachelor's degree in General Engineering. McCullough worked for nineteen years as a welder at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Before holding that position, he worked at Crane Chempump and Kvaerner Shipyard as a mechanical designer. He returned to the Federal Government in 2004, working as an engineer for the Air Force and Army Corp of Engineers. McCullough retired in 2017. Michael played ice hockey for 23 years and enjoys all sports, especially baseball and football. He is an avid Phillies fan and loves to travel to Florida for Spring training. He loves music and movies, but his favorite time of the year is Christmas. Michael and his wife, Donna, reside in South Jersey.

Genre:biography & autobiography
Sub-genre:Personal Memoirs
Language:English
Pages:232
eBook ISBN:9781667836010
Paperback ISBN:9781667836003

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