Joe Pieri: 3 books
Isle Of The Displaced
An Italian-Scot's Memoirs of Internment during the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2014
Joe Pieri was arrested in Glasgow in June 1940 because he was an Italian. He was neither a Fascist, a Nazi nor a dangerous war criminal, but because of a government error he was shipped to a POW camp in Montreal, Canada, where he remained until the end of 1943. Born into a poor rural family in Tuscany...
by Joe Pieri
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2011
The Northern Division used to be the name given to the police force which operated within the Glasgow City boundaries until the creation of the Strathclyde Police Force. Its recruits were largely drawn from ex-servicemen who were demobbed after the Second World War and, as a result, they became known...
Tales of the Savoy
Stories from a Glasgow Cafe
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2012
Joe Pieri used to be one of the Glasgow's best-known restaurateurs and ran the remarkable Savoy cafe. His cafe attracted the lowlife during the day but was cleared for theatre-goers in the early evening before returning to service prostitutes and villains late at night. Here, Joe witnessed all human...