Paperboy: Confessions of a Future Engineer, (Paperback)

from Sandydog1

An interesting memoir of the halcyon days of growing up in the 50s. Petroski was bit heavy on the inserting, folding, balancing, tossing of the daily paper, but otherwise it was an enjoyable read. I'm looking forward to reading some of his more "meaty', popular books about Engineering.

from TimBazzett

I learned of this book while paging through a coffee table sized book which contained all the bookcover art of an artist named Chip Kidd. I love memoirs, so I followed up on this one, and I'm glad I did. Because although I was never a paperboy, I did grow up in a largely Catholic neighborhood in ...

from NewsieQ

Paperboy is an extraordinary memoir of a boyhood in a New York City neighborhood during the 1950s. What makes Paperboy extraordinary is that the life the author describes is so NORMAL. No hidden abuse, no dysfunctional parents, no drug abuse (just beer and nicotine), no angst, no unrequited love....

from NewsieQ

Paperboy is an extraordinary memoir of a boyhood in a New York City neighborhood during the 1950s. What makes Paperboy extraordinary is that the life the author describes is so NORMAL. No hidden abuse, no dysfunctional parents, no drug abuse (just beer and nicotine), no angst, no unrequited love....