My friend, patient, and former neighbor Tom White has authored a great book A Kid From North Wilmington, which I just finished. It is about Tom’s experiences growing up in Edgemoor the 1950s and 1960s. Tom has an incredible memory and reading his book brought back lots of memories from my own childhood.

Here’s Tom in front of Mount Pleasant School, which he attended when it was a junior high school. It is now the elementary school that my daughter Leah attends. Tom’s story is very interesting, including when his dad suddenly dropped dead at a viewing of all places when Tom was only 14, forcing his mother to get a full-time job to support the family. There are lots of stories of adventures he an his friends embarked on, and Tom paints vivid pictures of Wilmington’s commercial landscape during his childhood.
The book is available directly from Tom for $25 (which also covers S&H). His email is: TWhite515@aol.com