BOOK TALK: WW2 Letters Home from the South Pacific

WW2 Letters Home From The South Pacific by Angelo Buccino

Nutley-Belleville Old Guard, 9 a.m., Friday, June 14, 2019

Historian Anthony Buccino will meet with the Nutley Old Guard at 9 a.m. on Friday, June 14, to discuss his dad's letters home from the South Pacific during World War Two.

WW2 Letters Home from the South Pacific by Angelo Buccino is one GI’s view of the war amid the heat, bugs, carnage and noise in an artillery battalion supporting First Marine Division at Guadalcanal and other islands that never get mentioned.

Buccino wrote these long-lost letters to his best friend back in the states asking about the old gang. They turned up nearly sixty years after they were mailed, censored, read by his buddy and then found again in a forgotten footlocker in his old friend’s attic.

Hear the whole story of their discovery, the words of a young man far from home, and why they were published in November 2018.

The Old Guard of N.J., Nutley Chapter No. 7, meets weekly on Friday at 9 a.m. at the Frank A. Cocchiola Parks Building, 44 Park Avenue, Nutley, NJ. 

New members always welcomed. Stop in at any Friday meeting and say hello.

Order your copy online WW2 Letters Home from the South Pacific by Angelo Buccino 

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Summer Anthony's World Update

Anthony Buccino to Lead 'Walk & Talk' in Nutley Parks

NUTLEY, N.J. -- Leaving his keyboard and camera for a brisk morning walk, local author Anthony Buccino will lead the Walk & Talk through Nutley parks on Sunday, 8:15 a.m., Aug. 12, 2018.

Enjoy a refreshing three-mile roundtrip walk from the pre-opening Nutley Farmers Market, Municipal Parking Lot 9 (537 Franklin Avenue). Parking is available in Lot 7 and Lot 9 (enter behind Bella Luce), through Nutley parks along the Third River to Kingsland Park and back. The walk is free. Books will be available for autographs and purchase following the walk.

Nutley, N.J. Author

Why does a guy who grew up in Belleville, and wrote Greetings From Belleville NJ, lead a historical tour of the neighboring town? It went so well last year, they asked him back. History hasn’t changed much in a year, but not everyone in town got to hear when Anthony discussed Nutley history, the Nutley Sons Honor Roll, and growing up near these parks in the 1960s. Anyway, how can he say no to his adopted hometown?

Did you know Buccino created and has maintained web sites for Nutley Historical Society and the Kingsland Manor for more than a dozen years? That helped him research his Walk & Talk history.

Book Projects

Anthony Buccino is in the final edits for Nutley Notables - The Men and Women Who Made a Memorable Impact on Our Hometown, Nutley, New Jersey, Volume Two, the follow up to volume one published in 2014. This year, during Women’s History Month, Buccino posted online profiles of more than 30 women who made a difference in Nutley. Those women and many, many more are featured in volume two.

Buccino is completing research on his next local history book, Notorious Nutley Notables – Murder, Major Crime, and the Loss of Innocents. True tales of murder, attempted murder, kidnapping, and bank robberies from a safe, peaceful New Jersey town

NEW YORK CITY SNAPSHOTS – In Plain View - Buccino’s third photography collection focuses on the 15 year period from 1999 to 2014. The 112-page book includes more than 160 color snapshots of the Big Apple. Don’t forget, Buccino’s two other photo collections NUTLEY SNAPSHOTS In Plain View  and Jersey City Snapshots are also available on Amazon.

Nutley Notables gets new cover, more interior photos

2016 cover

Two pieces of author news. We've redesigned the cover of Nutley Notables and added some interior collages at the chapter headings. The revised paperback is available now at this link. 

We are currently working on a Kindle edition.

Also - if you're in Nutley, NJ, do check the latest copy of the local magazine Nutley Neighbors for a story about the author.

Kingsland Manor hosts 'Nutley Notables' book talk

Anthony Buccino autographs a copy of "Nutley Notables" for the Kingsland Manor library.

'Nutley Notables' book signings

Nutley Notables: The men and women who made a memorable impact

on our hometown, Nutley, New Jersey.

2 P.M. April 11, 2015 Book Talk and Signing

Many of the folks profiled in the book will be on hand to sign their own profile page.
Already own a book, bring it along and collect more signatures!

Nutley Free Public Library, 93 Booth Drive, Nutley, N.J.

2 P.M. May 17, 2015 Book talk and signing at open house. 

Tour the 17th Century house and get your book signed!
Many of the folks profiled in the book will be on hand to sign their own profile page.
Already own a book, bring it along and collect more signatures!
Kingsland Manor, Kingsland Manor, 3 Kingsland Street, Nutley, N.J.