Peter Costanza

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An unusual autobiography, based on memorabilia saved in 21 boxes and 2 desk file drawers accumulated by the author through the years. The life of the author unfolds as each box and desk file drawer is opened. Somewhat random, but mostly chronological, this memoir comprises the author's recollections of items in his collections, and thereby reveals many facets of his life. both significant and trivial.

These poems and short stories were buried away in file folders, loose-leaf binders and spiral notebooks in various nooks and crannies of the author's desk and shelves. Recently, he mined some of the best examples of these nuggets, dusted them off, refined and polished them. The result is this volume. The poetry as well as the prose is random in subject matter including nature, romance, humor, horror, philosophy, and crime.

Dante Benedict and his cousin, Butchie Marlowe, were the Wiffle Kings. Alfred Benedict, Dante's bother, and their cousin, Ricky Valentine, were the Orbies. No, these weren't teenage gangs, these were two-man wiffle ball teams. This Fearsome Foursome spent their summers during the late 1950's and early 1960's in rural New Jersey, where their families had a three-home compound bordering on the Musconetcong River. Each summer they played a lot of wiffle ball, played a lot of teenage pranks, socialized with the girls down the road, swam, fished, and tubed in the river, hiked in the woods, and after Dante could drive, got into even more mischief. But on top of that they made fun of everyone and everything they encountered. They would record some of these observations on a tape recorder, but mainly they created and produced their own satire comic books. The entire collection, included in the Appendix, gives you a glimpse of their fertile and offbeat minds.