My Nine Lives (Minus) One

<p>Joe Izzillo is the author of My Nine Lives (minus) One an extraordinary memoir of a Renaissance man now in his 88th year.</p><p>The author grew up in an Italian ghetto in The Bronx in New York City with Italian as his principal language.</p><p>He spent two years in a monastery and three years in the army in World War II in the combat engineers and the topographic engineers.</p><p>In England he married the former Noreen Burnham. They have raised six children.</p><p>After the war he attended Fordham University and received his Juris Doctor degree in 1951 from Saint John's University.</p><p>Joe has practiced law in New York and Connecticut for sixty years. He is now of Of Counsel with the law firm of Roberts & Bates P.C.</p><p>He has been a private pilot since 1962. Joe is now a captain in the Naples FL squadron of the Civil Air Patrol.</p><p>Some of his most memorable moments were spending a day with Charles A. Lindbergh personally meeting General George S. Patton Jr. Helen Keller Pope John Paul II and J. Edgar Hoover.</p><p>His Hobbies include flying boating camping and painting. Most of his paintings can be seen on Facebook.</p><p>He has been involved in three near-death experiences two in World War II and one as a pilot.</p><p>Joe now resides with Noreen in Naples Florida.</p>