Essays From The Past

About the Book

These essays were written more than twenty-five years ago for different newspapers. They contain thoughts on various subjects prevalent at the time, and were printed as opinion articles. Their relevancy remains so intact today that Jim decided to collect them from various files and republish them as a book. Most were printed in a local newspaper, the News of Delaware County where he had an opinion column, and then reprinted in other papers. As mentioned in the preface, his concerns about the steady erosion of the values and principles he once knew, have continued unabated to this day.

About the Author

Jim is retired from Philadelphia Electric (PECO), and resides in Drexel Hill, Pa. and Sea isle City, NJ. He and his wife Lois had four children with Patricia, James and Steven still living in Drexel Hill. Their daughter Kathleen DiGirolamo died in 1994, age 29. Tague served in the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War as part of the occupation of Germany 1951-54. He holds a BS degree in Economics from Villanova University and a MA degree in Liberal Arts from Temple University. He has already published several books: The Trochilus Bird, Freddy the Football, Rufus Tweed, Essays from the Past, The Krankel Family, and Teeney O’Feeney: King of the Leprechauns.