Dom’s, an Odyssey
Why did it take 6,000,000 Italians 100 years to assimilate into the American Mainstream?
An intimate look at Boston's North End in the 1950s when American society erupted with changes like Brown v Board of Education and the Warren Court; rock and roll, the transistor radio, and Elvis Presley; American military might and the Dulles brothers.
Changes like swapping the old superstars like John Wayne for the anti-social Marlon Brando, like the advent of television and electronic news, advertising, and "Father Knows Best."
And more changes, like feminism and Gloria Steinem; Senator Kefauver and Italian organized crime; cries for racial justice and CORE; like art and Leo Castelli and Abstract Expressionism.
In the middle of this maelstrom, how did the North End's entirely Italian-American population, dominated by 2500 hundred twelve-year-old children, handle sex, the Mafia, sports and numbers betting, food, and open rebellion from our parents and Italian ancestry?
Available as a softcover for $20.00 plus shipping and handling, $2.99.
Send a check and mailing address to Dom Capossela, 65 East India Row, Suite 31G, Boston, MA 02110.
Cooking in Real Life
My need to write this book developed from my single-parenting while trying to preserve a civilized lifestyle, especially at dinnertime. Recipes include outrageously wonderful versions of New England Clam Chowder, Hot Fudge, a Sushi Salad, and lots, lots, more.
Willard Willett, author of the best-selling, Eat, Drink, and be Healthy," says,"Well done...Weaves wholesome, attractive foods into a family-centered lifestyle that can go far to repair the damaged fabric of contemporary American society."
Available as a hardcover for $30.00 plus shipping and handling, $3.99.
Send a check and mailing address to Dom Capossela, 65 East India Row, Suite 31G, Boston, MA 02110.
Remember that short pieces of Dom's latest work, "Conflicted," are available for reading in the "Writings" folder on the blog.