The View From Cracker Hill

The View From Cracker Hill describes life in Waterbury, Connecticut,Brass Capitol of the World, in the 1950s. Its a story told from the perspectiveof a young girl living in the inner city fi ve blocks north of its center ina section known as Cracker Hill. The narrative is not a comprehensivehistory of the place and time. Its intended as a reminiscence that is funto read.The authors impression of city happenings, family events and Catholicschool are told with humor and a growing awareness of the changesbrought to her own town by the post war economy.But whether shes describing an air raid drill or a trip to Woolworthsher love for her subject is obvious.She says, People sometimes ask, What do you see in Waterbury? for me,its not simply about memories, the way it was in my beloved past. Itsalso about Waterburys potential, what it could be one day yet to come.