Alfalfa - The Rascal You Knew the Character You Never Knew

<p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>A Rascal They Called Alfalfa</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> Do dreams come true? Do they materialize overnight like a lucky silver dollar from the Tooth Fairy? And if they do come to fruition quickly when does elation turn to indignation. And why?  </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> The country was mired in the throes of the Great Depression and thousands of parents headed to Hollywood thinking their kid was one-in-a-million. Thinking a better life would be possible if they could just get their son or daughter to join a gang. Not just any gang-the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Our</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gang</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> the most-famous child film series of the day perhaps of all time. While thousands tried out few were Gang material. Carl Switzer was.  </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Like his contemporaries Spanky Buckwheat Porky Butch The Woim Waldo and others his on-screen nickname Alfalfa has become part of pop-culture lexicon for nearly a century. As has his famous cowlick and on-screen courtship of his gal pal Darla. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> After the Gang his career was over. He disappeared. At least that's what many would have you believe. The truth is he had a more-successful film and TV career than most of the other kids in the series even before </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Our</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Gang</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>'s rebirth as </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Little Rascals</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> in the 1950s. He even had a role in one of the most popular films of all time </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>It's a Wonderful Life</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>. </span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> But it wasn't always a wonderful life for the kid from Paris.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>For the first time Carl Switzer's true story comes to life through extensive research and interviews conducted with people who knew him personally. With never-before-revealed information about his life and his untimely demise this is the biography of Carl Alfalfa Switzer that generations of </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Little</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Rascals</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> fans have been waiting for. This is the tale of the rascal you knew and the character you never knew.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>James Tehrani is an award-winning writer and editor based in the Chicago area. He has won more than a dozen awards for his work including several Headline Writer of the Year awards. This is Tehrani's first book.</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p></p>