Keep Swinging

A lively account with diverse, often humorous stories and anecdotes tracing the author’s ancestors and then spanning 75 years from the Great Depression to the fall of 2012. The author tells of youthful adventures, numerous business enterprises beginning with his first at the age of eight, the many inspiring individuals as well as a few scoundrels and a number of celebrities encountered along the way. And beginning with marriage at the age of 19 that has lasted over 55 years, he takes the reader through a tumultuous family life that moves from the San Francisco Bay area to Palm Springs and then to Nevada, with times of scarcity and years of plenty, scarred by tragedy but always marked by a determination to overcome all obstacles that was inbred from a very early age.