Peter Scamardo, The Boys in the Brazos River Bottom

author photoPeter L. Scamardo II is an author based out of San Antonio, Texas. A Houston native, he is a copy editor for MySA.com and his non-fiction work has appeared in the Houston Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, Austin American-Statesman, Victoria Advocate and Corpus Christi Caller-Times. His sports journalism has been awarded by the Associated Press Sports Editors. "The Boys in the Brazos River Bottom" is his first novel.

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Mumford, Texas, the summer of '69. Matt Ruggirello believes he is doomed to enter the farming life, just like everyone else in his family. Josh, his middle brother, wants nothing more than Papa's approval. While little brother Tommy observes all the happenings in and around the Ruggirello family home of Three Pecans, a nickname christened by the three brothers.

Yet Matt receives news that could take him away from the cotton fields and into the big city. The obstacle in the way is Papa, whose suspicions make him fearful of change in the family.

Along the way the brothers experience rivalries, car crashes, a torrential storm, familial stories of the past, the music of KTSA 550 San Antonio, and the dinner table discussions that define the Italian-American household.

 

 

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$16.99
ISBN: 9781737540403
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Published: Peter L. Scamardo II - November 1st, 2021

Mumford, Texas, the summer of '69. Matt Ruggirello believes he is doomed to enter the farming life, just like everyone else in his family. Josh, his middle brother, wants nothing more than Papa's approval. While little brother Tommy observes all the happenings in and around the Ruggirello family home of Three Pecans, a nickname christened by the three brothers.



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