"Southside Kid' Author: L. Curt Erler Chicago Book Signing Tour 9-24 thru 9-30

"Southside Kid" The Chicago Book by L. Curt Erler

"Southside Kid" by L. Curt Erler
1942 ~ Chicago ~ 1960
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A great big THANKS for all of the wonderful support during my visit last week.
The events below were all very rewarding. If you have not had the opportunity to see and read "S.S. Kid" - I suggest that you check my web-site below or order at AMAZON.COM
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Author; L. Curt Erler will be visiting the Chicago area
September 26th - 30th - Venues below;

Wednesday 9/26 - Tinley Park Library - Discussion & Signing - 7pm to 9pm

Thursday 9/27 - Borders - Beverly / Evergreen Park - Discussion & Signing - 7pm to 9pm

Friday 9/28 - Barbara's Bookstore - U. of I. Chicago Campus 12th & Halsted - Discussion & Signing 7pm to 9pm and again on Saturday 9/29 - 3pm to 5pm

** AUTHOR: Curt 'may' be stopping by the Aquinas Reunion @ the The 'Big-John' Bldg. (96th floor) sometime on Saturday ... 'Maybe'!

Sunday 9/30 - Palos Heights Library -Discussion & Signing - 2pm to 5pm

L. Curt Erler comes from a large, hardworking family and in his autobiography, Southside Kid; he pays homage to strong family values, to a simpler time at the tail end of WWII. The author recalls his childhood growing up on Chicago’s Southside during the 1950s with plenty of baseball, matinees at the Avalon Theater, young love and Friday night dances with the St. Felicitas kids.
“Southside Kid’s” narrator is the only non-Catholic attending a Catholic school. Young Curt was fortunate and clever enough to make the best of this rather trying circumstance. He tells of his Yankee adventures in the South and a few altercations on Chicago’s Southside streets. This book is a wonderful and wildly fun journey down a memory lane filled with laughter and high jinks that leaves its reader with a sense of longing.
Welcome to Chicago’s Southside.
In Southside Kid, L. Curt Erler recalls a time when missing children found sleeping in laundry baskets made headlines. From weekly air raid sirens and gathering around Mom’s Philco radio listening to Glenn Miller and Frankie Laine to dancing and drag racing on the Eastside, this Southside kid reminds us that where we come from is the greatest place in the world.
A place where sewer covers become first, third and home plate and second base is someone’s cap. When you aren’t playing baseball your afternoon might include a matinee at the Avalon Theater or riding your bike for some penny candy at Julie’s Candy Store and there are always the Friday night dances with the St. Felicitas gang. Moving into the mid-50’s you find yourself surrounded by Rock and Roll and the sounds of Chicago’s jazz joints.
Everyone should have a childhood that is this much fun and a life that is this rich. In fact, for L. Curt Erler it isn’t a life, it is a celebration and it is what makes this memoir alternately so touching and so hilarious.
Author Biography
L. Curt Erler was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. As an adventurer and business executive, he has traveled extensively. He is the proud father of three grown daughters and resides with his wife of 46 years in San Diego County, California...
Contact - Email - southsidecurt@cox.net
Web-Site - www.southside-kid.com