35 Days In The Air - A World War II Memoir NOW AVAILABLE

The new book 35 Days In The Air - A World War II Memoir by Michael R. Carestio and Timothy D. Minneci is now available for paperback and Kindle at Amazon.com. Here's the synopsis:

From July 8th, 1944 to December 6th, 1944, U.S. Army Air Force First Lieutenant Michael R. Carestio of the 713th Squadron, 448th Fighter-Bomber Group, served as a bombardier on a B-24 Liberator crew, nicknamed "Mother Of Ten." During that time, he kept a handwritten journal documenting each of his thirty-five combat missions, which have been transcribed into this book. Author Timothy D. Minneci sat down with his great uncle Michael Carestio to discuss his experiences before, during and after the war, and share his uncle's remarkable story.

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New Book out 8/27/19: 35 Days In The Air - A World War II Memoir

About a year ago, I posted an update to the blog about what was going on at the time with various book and music projects I was working on, including an interview I had just completed with my great uncle Michael Carestio about his experience in World War II. Over the last year, I poured over the copy of the journal he gave me, transcribed our interview, and dug deep into researching all aspects of his experience, including his plane, squadron, group and air unit, along with details about his life before and after the war, and wrote up questions for our follow-up interview.

I'm happy to report that we have now have a release date for the book, 35 Days In The Air - A World War II Memoir. The book will be available via Amazon for paperback and Kindle on Tuesday, August 27th. Here are the details:

From July 8th, 1944 to December 6th, 1944, Michael Carestio of the 713th Bombardment Squadron, Heavy, assigned to the 448th Fighter-Bomber Group, part of an Eighth Air Force B-24 Liberator Unit in England, kept a handwritten journal documenting each of the thirty-five missions over France, Belgium and Germany. Each mission was notated with the date, target, bomb load, type and length.  

In 2018, Michael first sat down with his grand nephew Timothy Minneci for what would end up becoming a series of interviews, revisiting his life before, during and after World War II. This book collects those interviews, provides a notated transcription of the journal, and shares photographs and memorabilia from Michael's personal collection.

Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five is now available for order!

Nobody likes to wait, so I decided with the Kindle version of Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five now available for pre-order, it was time to was time to do the same for the paperback version.

As of today, you can order a physical copy and, depending on which shipping option you choose, have it to you by the release date. If you have a Prime account, you'll actually get it a lot sooner than the release date. And if you have a Kindle Unlimited account, the book is available for free.

In addition to the photos in both versions of the book, over at the Stepford Five website, a number of bonus picture galleries are available to peruse.

And of course, if you enjoy it, please leave a review at Amazon and GoodReads. Thanks!

New Book Out Next Month - Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five

One month from today: Are You Making A Sound? The History of The Stepford Five will be released on the 20th anniversary of the first The Stepford Five show, the band I spent ten years in playing bass, singing backup, booking shows, writing web content and more.

Here's the backstory - last year I came to the personal realization that I needed to put a period on the end the proverbial sentence that was the band. We held our last practice sometime in 2008, and then just stopped showing up. I continued on for a year playing music with lead singer Keith Jenkins in his solo band, along with Jason Dziak on drums and a rotating bass player depending on who was available, but by end of the 2009, I was done playing music altogether.