Devito, Peter J. – 19

Subjects:
Growing up in New York City; Italian emigrant experience

Writing Description:
Personal recollections of growing up in NYC–upper Manhattan and Washington Heights; the memoir also includes the origins and history of three generations of our Italian family who emigrated from their southern Italian mountain towns starting in 1901.

Writing Type:
Auto/Mem

Gender:
Male

Birth Year:
1922

Death Year:

Occupation and Interests:
Employment counselor, instructor of business courses, owner of an advertising and marketing agency, newspaper and supermarket executive

Age(s):
Memoir was written when author was in his late 70s.

Author Location(s):
Newburgh, N. Y.

Writing Location(s):

Dates:
1901-1946

Handwritten:

Typed:
Yes

Digital:
Yes

Self-published:
Yes

Number of Pages, etc.:
To date, 440 pages. 2 vols. Vol. 1: 1925-1946. Vol. 2: 1947 to date. Book will include photos.

Contact Person:
Peter J. Devito

Contact Person/Author Relationship:
Same

Address:

Phone:

Email:
epjd[at]frontiernet.net

Date Entered:
08/2004

Date Revised/Confirmed:
02/2007

Entry Filed under: Autobiography/Memoir,d,Male