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In this oral history, author, editor and local history docent Ed Addeo recounts his experiences living in Mill Valley and being part of the community for over half a century. Born in 1936 in Brooklyn, New York, Ed moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1954 where he began studying engineering at UCLA. After graduating from college he worked for the federal space program for a few years before abandoning engineering to pursue a career as a writer. Ed describes moving up to San Francisco with his wife Jovita and newborn daughter Denise in 1961, and then moving over to Mill Valley a few years later when their daughter Nicole was born. He recalls vanished haunts like Quinn's Bar and local establishments like La Ginestra, and recounts his 20-year tenure coaching Little League as well as his service on the Parks and Rec Commission when young Jenny Fulle, determined to play baseball, broke down the wall of gender discrimination. Ed concludes this oral history with an account of his career as a writer, publishing numerous books over the decades, both fiction and nonfiction, on subjects as diverse as baseball, divorce, teen alcoholism, cancer, and the epic history of Yosemite.
Identifier
831D5E88-DF4B-4445-8252-585772031981 2016.022.001
Subject
Addeo, Jovita Authors Aversa, Sal Baseball Boessenecker, Jean Brabo, Tony Dawson, Doug Fulle, Jenny Hunter, Don Journalism Journalists La Ginestra Little League Oral History - Visual, performing and literary arts Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church Parks and Recreation Commission Purity Market Quinn's Quinn, James The Old Mill Varney's Hardware
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