Growing Up In A Union Family

About the Book

Growing up in a Union Family is not a book in the usual sense of the word. It´s a mosaic of moments, events, impressions and images experienced through the eyes of a boy growing up in a union family. The history of the union´s callow years marching toward the threshold of greatness comes alive, personal and touching-real,in the boy´s presence.

About the Author

Pat Angelo was born in Johnstown, PA a midsize steel city whose industrial centerpiece was Bethlehem Steel. He grew up in a steelworkers’ family and for a short period worked in the mill himself before going into the service. Taking advantage of the GI Bill, Angelo attended college then embarked on a teaching career from which, after 31 years, he retired from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania as a Professor Emeritus of English. Angelo resides in Edinboro with his wife, Joan, who is also a writer of books about the rise of unions and the spare-living working class cultures from which they were spawned.