My Town Is A Cathedral

About the Book

My Town Is A Cathedral is a trip back through the looking-glass to a time of hula hoops, kick-the-can, and black and white Saturday morning TV shows.  Noted author and broadcaster Chuck D'Imperio brilliantly essays a sentimental time capsule of growing up in a quintessential American smalltown.  The center of D'Imperio's world was little Sidney, New York, population under 5,000, located along the Susquehanna River in Upstate New York.  The author, born in 1949, illuminates the events of his life in the 1950s and 1960s by highlighting the times, places, people and memories of growing up in his parent's Mom and Pop grocery store on Main Street, of the swimming holes, the parades, the tragedies and triumphs, and the nostalgic places that color his youthful reminisces.  Although D'Imperio writes specifically of his own hometown, Sidney, it is without a doubt that all readers of all geographic persuasions will associate their own upbringings with D'Imperio's vivid recollections..  The author is a longtime radio broadcaster and reknown storyteller, much in demand as a public speaker throughout his native Upstate New York.   My Town Is A Cathedral is a precious nugget mined from the author's fertile memory banks, and is a welcome addition to any and all Baby Boomer's libraries.

About the Author

Chuck D'Imperio is a noted author and broadcaster, and a native of Sidney, NY.  He has helmed his #1 rated morning show on WDOS radio in Oneonta, NY since 1989.  He also has hosted the WSRK (Oneonta) Thursday Night Oldies Jukebox since 1996.  D'Imperio, known far and wide as "Big Chuck," was inducted into the New York State Country Music Hall of Fame as "Broadcaster of the Year" in 2000.  He is a prolific writer, and has contributed to many newspapers and magazines, both regional and national.  His other New York State books include "Great Graves of Upstate New York: The Final Resting Places of 70 True American Legends" and "Monumentally New York: The Top 30 Public Statues, Monuments and Memorials NOT Located in New York City."  Chuck is married to Trish, an English teacher, and they are the proud parents of Frances, Katie, Abby and Joey.  Chuck also owns and operates "CooperstownWalks!" which conducts walking tours of Cooperstown, NY.  Chuck is a bona fide winner of the television program THE GONG SHOW on NBC TV in 1977 by singing "Bad, Bad, LeRoy Brown" while naked in the shower!