The Closer's Song
Subtitle: (non published ) "Taxter Road the unpaved Story..."
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Published: March 9, 2001
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 372
ISBN-13: 9781425770426
Subjects: General & Literary Fiction; General; Fiction / General; Fiction - General
First sentence: Gerald Calderone nailed the accelerator of his bright red Porsche past all the fine mansions on North Street, toward Grace Motor Cars of Greenwich.
Description: The intriguing story of an learning disabled boy who grew up in Suburban New York in the Sixties. This novel depicts Gerald Calderone's intense struggle against formidable existential odds.  The events leading up to, and Gerald's attendence at the Woodstock Festival in 1969 have a profound effect on the course of his life, throughout the novel.
Written  and base loosely on the the life of Christopher Cole aka Patrick Colucci whose story was the subject of the Dateline special "Back to Woodstock" which aired on NBC on August 9, 2009. Patrick Colucci's story was also mentioned on Good Morning America and World News Tonight with Charles Gibson the subsequent week. How Patrick met Maria at Woodstock, and who has remained his wife of 39 years was also featured on the Australian version of 60 Minutes recently.
Notes: Promotional cover - Not actual cover of book. Represents significant event depicted inside story.