I grew up in the years just after World War II in a pleasant contained place that I call Lower […]
About: John Rossi
John Rossi: Christmas cards came by trolley in 1950s Philadelphia
During my junior and senior years in high school I had a part time job delivering mail at Christmas. Back […]
John Rossi: The boys of Fifth Street
Between 1950 and 1954, from the age of 14 to 17, along with a handful of my friends, my second […]
John Rossi: My love affair with libraries and librarians
As a teacher for over fifty years, libraries and archives have been my second home. When I grew up in […]
John Rossi: Adventures in education
I taught History at La Salle College — now University — for over fifty years. During that time, I estimate […]
Life lessons at a Philly rec center
Readers Digest used to run a feature, “The Most Unforgettable Character I Met.” It recounted the story of some individual […]
Willie, Mickey, and the Duke — and perhaps Richie
Every baseball fan knows the song “Willie, Mickey, and the Duke” about the three great Big Apple sluggers of the […]
John Rossi: My wife and baseball
When I married my wife Frances in 1966, she took me not only for better or worse, but also for […]
John Rossi: Philly sports writers, a biased opinion
Philadelphia has had an inferiority complex towards New York. The city never seemed to get over being bypassed in the […]