| Capitol Kid: : A Baby Boomer Grows Up in Washington, D.C. Ed Edition Contributor(s): Dreibelbis, Gary C. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1635354110 ISBN-13: 9781635354119 Publisher: Neely Worldwide Publishing OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Hardcover Published: June 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional - General |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6" W x 9" (1.62 lbs) 312 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A must read for any and all boomers of a certain age growing up in the Washington, D.C. area. Heavens to Warner Wolf the author doesn't need the videotape to recall so many great memories. - Leonard Shapiro, Former Sports Editor and Washington Redskins' beat writer for the Washington Post. More than a trip down Memory Lane. Gary Dreibelbis' chronicle of growing up in Washington is a journey through shared memories to common roots. He revisits a time and place that seems both simple and complex, recalling JFK, the Beatles, fallout shelters, and a District of real neighborhoods and places as varied as classrooms, the Jefferson Memorial, Walt Disney, and Shirley Povich. This terrific narrative is both personal and universal. - Bill Knight, Former Arts Editor of Washington Weekly. What a beautiful story, that takes me back to the magic of a lost America, when kids still delivered newspapers, when television was young, and families always ate together. Reading this, I can smell the tang of root beer floats and hear the hum of those old black and white TVs -- I can imagine the ink stains from the Post on Gary's fingers. This is a precious story of an everyday American family in the nation's capital, growing up in a time when current events would change them, and the country, forever. What Gary has written here is a wonderful love-letter to my birthplace, the District of Columbia. - Steve Osunsami, ABC News Gary C.Dreibelbis is a Washington, D.C. native who has taught Communication courses at Northern Illinois University, Bradley University, The University of Georgia, and Solano College. He is the author of The Gospel According to Sesame Street: Learning, Life, Love, and Death and coauthor and editor of Watching What We Watch: Prime Time Television Through the Lens of Faith. |
Contributor Bio(s): Dreibelbis, Gary C.: - Gary C. Dreibelbis is a native of Washington, D.C. He headed west to obtain a B.A. in Communication from Wheaton College and worked in radio in the Chicago market. He later received an M.A. in Communication from Northern Illinois University and an EdD. in Education also from NIU. He taught Communication at Bradley University where he coached the Bradley Speech Team to six national championships beating such powerhouses as The University of Texas, Arizona State University, and The University of Wisconsin. Heading to California he taught at Solano College. In 1994 he was selected as Outstanding Alumni of Education for Northern Illinois University and has been selected five times by the International Radio and Television Society as one of the top broadcasting educators in the U.S. He has also taught at San Francisco Theological Seminary and The University of Georgia. Besides Capitol Kid: A Baby Boomer Grows Up In Washington, D.C. he has also written The Gospel According to Sesame Street Learning, Life, Love, and Death and was coauthor and editor for Watching What We Watch: Prime Time Television Through the Lens of Faith. He currently resides in Vacaville, CA. |
