TGIF! A Trio of Poets & John V. Amodeo

Shannon Laws returns to The G-ZONE with a couple of her friends,Paul Hanson & Sean Dwyer, to discuss poetry and all that they have going. During the second half of the two- hour show John V. Amodeo, author of "The Captains Coin" , will be discussing his novel as well as his non-fiction work. Here is a bit more on John V. Amodeo & "The Captains Coin": The Captain's Coin is a fictional account of Michael Brady's journey from Ireland to America in 1848 aboard a ‘coffin ship' to New York City at the height of the Irish Potato Famine. Once aboard, Michael wins the respect of the captain who gives him a token ‘good luck coin' and a letter of recommendation to a leading New York businessman. This opening allows him to rise up the corporate ladder, marry an abolitionist only to suffer the loss of this young wife at the onset of the Civil War. Volunteering his services to offset his grief, he saves the Union at the Battle of Antietam, his ‘lucky coin,' deflecting a life-threatening wound and thus saving his life. He returns home a hero and is elected to the NYS Assembly, rising to Speaker and running for Governor in 1888. Born in Troy, New York, John V. Amodeo now lives in the Hells Kitchen area of Manhattan. For three decades, Amodeo worked for the NYC public school system as assistant principal and history department head; now retired from that post, he is an adjunct professor of American history and political science at Mercy College. Amodeo exercises his love for NYC as a part-time tour guide. His previous books include: Voices of Hells Kitchen, a fictional account of the myriad personalities of his unique neighborhood.

Shannon Laws