The Long Years

About the Book

A story of love and hardship between a man and a woman who grew up from childhood in rural Italy during the rise of Benito Mussolini and World War II.

About the Author

Carmen P. Fabian, a former retired assistant superintendent of schools for West Lafayette Community School Corporation, was born in Italy on September 13, 1914. He came to the United States at the age of thirteen without being able to speak a word of English. But he learned quickly and graduated from Washington High School in East Chicago, Indiana, and was elected to the National Honor Society. In 1936, he began his further studies at Indiana University and graduated in 1939. He was elected to Phi Delta Kappa, honorary in education. In 1940, he married Frances E. Robertson, and together, they reared three fine sons. Mr. Fabian passed away on December 17, 1998.