By Carl A. Veno
"Invisible Ink" is a collection of material which blends memoirs with short story writing. "Invisible Ink" addresses the need of the readers who want to look behind the news pages at the strange world of journalists, publishers and editors. Mr. Veno, an Olean native, worked for the Gannett newspaper chain and the Tribune company, He has been involved in many national stories both as a reporter and an editor. The book spans 125 years from his relatives immigrating to America to his job as a newspaper investigative editor outside of Philadelphia. Mr. Veno was able to move with national celebrities as well as the common folk. The stories loaded with "odd ball characters" are of good versus evil, prejudice, romance, national tragedies, adventure and the reluctant heroes. The true-life stories which hold this strong, powerful and compelling book together, develop a personal relationship with the reader. He draws his characters and the heartfelt stories from his rich past as a young man in Olean..
His exhaustive research from interviews, newspaper archives and court records uncover a segment of the Western New York Prohibition gang wars between Olean and Bradford mobs which included 20 unsolved murders. " Invisible Ink" touches on Mr. Veno's adolescent years in Olean and his attachment to the Park Bench gang, a group of young fun loving guys, hanging around the Boardman Park in North Olean. He details stories handed down to him by his parents and grandparents of the struggle of Italian Americans during World War II. He also writes a touching chapter about his Dad taking him as a youngster to an Olean Evangelical church.
The 60,000 word book is expect to receive great interest in the Olean area and the New York City area where Mr. Veno writes about some unforgettable events. From a barber with dull shears to a reporter at the Kennedy Space Center this enjoyable book will leave a lasting impression on Western New Yorkers. Veno worked for the Orlando Sentinel when three Apollo One astronauts were killed at training at the Space Center. He has worked for newspapers in Florida, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Mr. Veno, who has written a wide scope of articles for magazines, has been mentioned in a New York Times Sunday magazine. He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing on secret government meetings while working for a newspaper in Buck County, PA.
By Carl A. Veno
Struck by reckless paranoia and a disregard for justice, the United States arrested thousands of Japanese Americans, German immigrants and Italian immigrants the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Stripped of any legal rights, these thousands of immigrants were yanked from their homes, separated from their children and jailed in some forty-two internment camps.
