Terry Carden's autobiographical Coming of Age in Scranton profiles his experiences as a child and young adult in the Anthracite Capital of the World during the 1940s and '50s. Based on an original series of 25 e-mail installments to his niece, describing the life and times of three siblings in Scranton, PA, it relates in detail the thoughts, fears, anxieties and aspirations of a boy as he struggles toward manhood. Historical and cultural references clarify the context of the recollections and add richness to the story. It also tells the story of an Irish-American family at that place and time.
Terry Carden is a retired emergency physician living in Tucson who has been involved in writing and editing since his college days. He entered the profession of medicine after an early career in journalism in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Scranton, PA, the setting for this account.