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A Perfect Childhood
Growing Up in the 1960s with Baseball, The Beatles, and Beaver Cleaver
Gary D'Amato(0)
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Acclaimed sportswriter Gary D'Amato provides a hilarious look at what it was like growing up as a boy in middle class middle America in the 1960s.
A three-time Wisconsin sportswriter of the year and member of the Wisconsin State Golf Hall of Fame, D'Amato's ninth book takes us to his roots in suburban Milwaukee as he provides insight into several of his childhood triumphs and traumas, many of which we all can relate to.
D'Amato's adventures include such events as: • The time he met a real, live member of The Beatles. • Playing an awkward game of "Spin the Bottle" at his birthday party. • His pet gerbil, Frisky, taking a ride in a homemade rocket. • The most embarrassing moment of his life, which occurred during eighth-grade gym class. • His one and only deer hunting experience. • The guilt and shame of being a fifth-grade thief. • A death-defying scooter ride with his "motorcycle gang."Whatever topic he's writing about, D'Amato employs an easy-to-digest style that he honed through more than 40 years as a sports journalist that informs and entertains as readers gobble up the nostalgic look back to a time before smart phones, VCRs, and cable television.
A three-time Wisconsin sportswriter of the year and member of the Wisconsin State Golf Hall of Fame, D'Amato's ninth book takes us to his roots in suburban Milwaukee as he provides insight into several of his childhood triumphs and traumas, many of which we all can relate to.
D'Amato's adventures include such events as: • The time he met a real, live member of The Beatles. • Playing an awkward game of "Spin the Bottle" at his birthday party. • His pet gerbil, Frisky, taking a ride in a homemade rocket. • The most embarrassing moment of his life, which occurred during eighth-grade gym class. • His one and only deer hunting experience. • The guilt and shame of being a fifth-grade thief. • A death-defying scooter ride with his "motorcycle gang."Whatever topic he's writing about, D'Amato employs an easy-to-digest style that he honed through more than 40 years as a sports journalist that informs and entertains as readers gobble up the nostalgic look back to a time before smart phones, VCRs, and cable television.