From My Tuscan Window

About the Book

In the fall of 1973, George, his wife, Sue, and Italian-born 2 year-old daughter Anne, noticed a bent over sign that read "Gioviano" and on a whim decided to see what lay at the end of the road. After 28 hair-pin turns up the side of a mountain on the flanks of the Apuanian Alps overlooking the Serchio Valley some 20 miles north of the city of Lucca, the Russell family arrived at one of the most charming and unspoiled villages left in Italy. That little adventure would change their lives forever and perhaps even the lives and future of the little hilltown itself. "FROM MY TUSCAN WINDOW" chronicles the experiences of the Russell family over the course of 37 years in the little Tuscan hilltown of Gioviano.

About the Author

Born 22 May 1945 in Neosho, Missouri. In 1953 he was a founding partner in Educational Filmstrips Company which became Educational Video Network in 1989. Over the course of the last 57 years, he has participated in the production of more than 1,000 filmstrips, videos, and DVDs. Russell has served EVN as CEO for more than 25 years. He has also produced the independent horror films Long Pig, Naked Horror, and Maniac Bloodbath. Russell founded The Universal Ethician Church in 2000 to promote a religious understanding about the critical need to care for what Christians, Jews, and Muslims call “Creation” and to work toward peace and understanding between all faith traditions. (www.salvationnetwork.org) Lands were purchased by the Russell family for the establishment of the world’s first “green” family cemetery in 2000. (www.ethicianfamilycemetery.org) Married to Suzanne Bennett in 1967, the Russells have four children.