Like Shade, People Also Pass: A Trentini Son Remembers by Seppi, Fred L.

Like Shade, People Also Pass: A Trentini Son Remembers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781544004549)

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Like Shade, People Also Pass: A Trentini Son Remembers by Seppi, Fred L.

Like Shade, People Also Pass: A Trentini Son Remembers

$15.95
Like Shade, People Also Pass: A Trentini Son Remembers by Seppi, Fred L.

Like Shade, People Also Pass: A Trentini Son Remembers

$15.95
Format: Paperback
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As a child growing up in Ogden, Utah, in the 1930s and '40s, Fred Seppi realized his talent for eavesdropping on adult conversations, especially those in the Italian dialect of Nones, which he wasn't supposed to hear, much less understand. He and his family, as Catholics and members of the close-knit Trentini community, were outliers in the predominantly Mormon culture. Making matters worse was the fact that his father owned a saloon, The National Tavern, on notorious 25th Street and was friends with the madam whose establishment, the Shy Ann, occupied the floors above it. A lifetime later, Seppi's recollections-as well as his passionate study of science, the humanities, and the human condition-coalesced into his memoir, Like Shade, People Also Pass, a fierce and tender search for the truth and a sense of identity and belonging.

Author: Fred L. Seppi
ISBN-10: 1544004540
ISBN-13: 9781544004549
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 03/31/2017
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.54d
By Fred L. Seppi
By Fred L. Seppi
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Fred L. Seppi was born and resided, most of his life, in Ogden, Utah. After graduating from Northwestern University with a Bachelor of Science in physics, he earned a Master of Science in physics from the University of Detroit, a Master of Science in metallurgical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and a Master of Science in materials engineering from the University of Utah. He worked as a metallurgist and physicist at the Chrysler Tank Plant in Warren, Michigan, specializing in research on deficiencies in armor plate and on shielding tank personnel from radioactive warfare. From 1964 to 1986 he worked at Hill Air Force Base as an engineer before becoming head of the Metallurgical Section. He retired as physicist for Williams International in 1997. His passion for learning was evident in his devotion to classical literature, opera, and gardening, and to the study of Italian language and creative writing. Between 1996 to 2002 several of his articles were published in In Piazza by the Italian Cultural Center of Utah in Salt Lake City. In the summer 2014 issue of Utah Historical Quarterly, the Utah State Historical Society published his personal essay, a tribute to 25th Street in Ogden. Fred Seppi died peacefully on July 9, 2015.

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