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Telly's Torch
Author: Bill Thomas

What do you do when you have a natural inclination to play sports and your mother insists you become a concert violinist? In 1912, this became the life altering dilemma of a twelve year old boy. This fictional autobiography is based on the life of Telly Yiopoulos. Telly was the youngest son of Greek immigrants. His father, Peter, and his mother,... more » Katina, formerly school teachers in Greece, came to America in 1893. After immigration clearance at Ellis Island, the couple rode the train to Detroit, Michigan, to live with Peter's cousin, Manoli, and his family. Not knowing the English language curtailed this couple from being teachers. Peter learned to cut hair in Manoli's barber shop. Katina worked as a seamstress until she gave birth to her first son, Michael. Two years later, Peter opened his own barber shop and remodeled the space above his shop into a three-bedroom home for his growing family. Son number two, Dimitri, was born a year later. Katina operated her own dressmaking business in the back of Peter's shop while she also card for her family, cooking and baking delicious Greek foods and desserts. Telly was born in January 1900. He learned to speak Greek from his parents, and English from his two older brothers and neighbor kids. Telly began kindergarten at age five. As he grew older, he showed great interest and an inclination toward several sports, especially baseball. However, when Telly was seven, his mother enrolled him in a violin class. Telly was not happy about this but he obeyed his mother, attended classes, and practiced his violin lessons for many years. despite his mother's insistence to become a violin virtuoso, Telly secretly particiapted in sports. Keeping this activity hidden from his mother was difficult but he played baseball whenever he could. A coach from a nearby high school came to watch him play and was amazed at Telly's speed in running the bases, stealing second and third quite often. The coach suggested Telly try becoming a runner on a track team, train hard, and possibly complete in the 1916 Olympics. Telly trained diligently over the next few years under the coach's guideance. He won many races, and endured many disappointments. This book is well-researched and describes in detail much of the early 20th century times and customs, especially Telly's determination, anguish, effort, tribulations, and victories of this budding young athlete. You'll live with Telly and his interesting incidents, predicaments, and romances as he grows through his childhood, youth, and manhood. World War I, and the 1920 Olympics is this coming of age novel.

ISBN-13: 9781412011495
ISBN-10: 1412011493
Publication Date: 5/30/2004
Pages: 390
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Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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