Capitol Kid: A Baby Boomer Grows Up in Washington D.C.

A must read for any and all boomers of a certain age growing up in the Washington D.C. area. Heavens to Warner Wolf the author doesnt need the videotape to recall so many great memories. - Leonard Shapiro Former Sports Editor and Washington Redskins beat writer for the Washington Post.More than a trip down Memory Lane. Gary Dreibelbis chronicle of growing up in Washington is a journey through shared memories to common roots. He revisits a time and place that seems both simple and complex recalling JFK the Beatles fallout shelters and a District of real neighborhoods and places as varied as classrooms the Jefferson Memorial Walt Disney and Shirley Povich. This terrific narrative is both personal and universal. - Bill Knight Former Arts Editor of Washington Weekly.What a beautiful story that takes me back to the magic of a lost America when kids still delivered newspapers when television was young and families always ate together. Reading this I can smell the tang of root beer floats and hear the hum of those old black and white TVs -- I can imagine the ink stains from the Post on Garys fingers. This is a precious story of an everyday American family in the nations capital growing up in a time when current events would change them and the country forever. What Gary has written here is a wonderful love-letter to my birthplace the District of Columbia. - Steve Osunsami ABC NewsGary C.Dreibelbis is a Washington D.C. native who has taught Communication courses at Northern Illinois University Bradley University The University of Georgia and Solano College. He is the author of The Gospel According to Sesame Street: Learning Life Love and Death and coauthor and editor of Watching What We Watch: Prime Time Television Through the Lens of Faith.