Reminiscence with photographs from the author's collection. Foreword by Allen Young. Introduction by the author. Columns collected from the author's career with Athol Daily News and Athol-Orange Town Crier. Recollection of experiences of an Italian-American raised in a New England mill tonw. Observations of small-town life, friends, and family in childhood and adulthood; of the United States Navy during the occupation of Japan; of Columbia University, where he played football; of life in general.