Captain Bob Cerullo

Patrick Levi Sweeney (eBook, ePUB)

From cabin boy to ship's captain in the golden age of sail.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"In his book, Bob Cerullo tells the fascinating story of the maritime life of his great-grandfather Patrick Levi Sweeney in the "golden age of sail" blending tidbits of family oral history with thorough historical research, which makes this historically accurate and compelling book a very personal read." - Larry Chowning, Author of several books about the Chesapeake Bay, Watermen, Deadrise boats, and Signatures In Time, a living history of Middlesex County, Virginia. Chowning is a highly respected reporter for the Southside Sentinel Newspaper.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 124
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798823030380
• Artikelnr.: 72352744

Autorenporträt

Over thirty years of experience as an auto mechanic/technician, service manager and automotive writer. Cerullo hosted the ABC talk radio network weekly Car Care Clinic for two years. He then switched to WOR Radio 710 where he fielded listeners car questions for several years as host of the AUTO SHOW. Cerullo provided weekly car care segments on the Rambling with Gambling program with both John A. Gambling and John R. Gambling. He has appeared numerous times on The Dolans Smart Money Radio Program, the Joan Hamburg Show, and Bernard Melzer programs on WOR Radio along with frequent appearances on WEVD Bernadette Michaels show. He was a guest expert on ABC Radio's Kathy Novack Show. The Owen Span program, Rich Taylor's Car Corner, and Talk Americas Auto World. Cerullo has been heard nationally in several radio markets with his Coping With Your Car Series. Cerullo has provided his unique brand of easy-to-understand explanations of complicated automotive subjects on numerous TV shows including the Late Night Show with David Letterman. It was David Letterman who first nick named him THE CAR GUY He has appeared on ABC Nightly News, Good Day New York, Good Morning America, CBS TVs Morning Show with Mory Alter, CBS network TV, CNN-FNs Take It Personally, USA Live, Fox5 News, The Maury Povitch Show, CNBCs Smart Money Program, Channel 7 Eyewitness News, the CNBC Steals and Deals program, PBS TV, Cable visions You Auto Know Program, the Today Show and numerous CNBC special programs. He has done specials for Metro Guide and various Cablevision shows. Cerullo's informative TV segments have also appeared on the NBC TV Today program, and he was a regular featured guest on Channel 9 TVs Joe Franklin Show. Cerullo was the resident car expert on the Fox cable network FX Morning Breakfast Show, then on the Fox network After Breakfast Show, where he reviewed new cars and delivered car care information for drivers. Cerullo appears frequently on the Fox 5 TV Good Day New York TV program. Cerullo has written feature stories on a regular basis for PARADE MAGAZINE, AMI AUTO WORLD Magazine and MOTOR MAGAZINE. He is the creator of MOTORS highly read TRADE SECRETS monthly column. He was a Jesse H. Neal Award finalist in 1999 and 2000. He has twice been awarded the International Automotive Media Medal in recognition of his excellence in automotive media. His articles in MOTOR MAGAZINE have drawn national attention when he exposed the counterfeit auto parts problem, focused industry attention on the hazards of asbestos in automotive brakes, and fraud 114 in the periodic motor vehicle inspection programs across the country. His work on the dangers of Carbon Monoxide, Cell Phones, Road Rage, and Drowsy Drivers has won him national acclaim. Cerullo's article: ARE YOU A RIPOFF MECHANIC? Alerted the automotive industry to its own dishonest practices and government efforts to stop them. Cerullo writes the UNDER THE HOOD column in each issue of AMI AUTO WORLD advising car owners how best to cope with their cars. His writing has appeared in AUTO WEEK, MOTOR SCOOP, PARADE MAGAZINE, VANTAGE, READERS DIGEST in both the national and international editions, POPULAR SCIENCE, THE POPULAR SCIENCE YEARBOOK, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTING MAGAZINE, MEDICAL ECONOMICS, MONEYSWORTH, BROOKLYN BRIDGE MAGAZINE, AMI AUTO WORLD, NYFD magazine and others. Cerullo has delivered seminars at New York University, Brooklyn College and taught his AUTO MAINTENANCE 101 course at the Learning Annex in New York City for several years. Cerullo has authored a book entitled: WHATS WRONG WITH MY CAR? Published by Penguin/ plume, now in its fifth printing. Cerullo is a graduate of Seton Hall University and was for over three decades, the owner/operator of an auto repair shop and diagnostic center in Brooklyn N.Y. He was named to the Mechanics Hall of Fame in 1977 along with famed race car mechanic George Bignotti. He is an affiliate member of the Society of Automotive Engineers, a former vice president of the International Motor Press Association and has been certified by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence (ASE). He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Service Technicians Society (STS). He has served to promote auto mechanic certification with the National Automotive Technician Certification board and has been a technical adviser to the Kings County District Attorney on automotive complaints. He has worked as a consultant to the New York Fire Dept. and is the owner/restorer of a prize-winning 1917 American La France fire engine now on loan to the NYC Fire Museum. Cerullo has received several awards for his educational work in the auto industry and consumer education. Cerullo holds membership in SAE, STS, IMPA, and AFTRA. He served as an advanced life support EMT with the Deltaville Rescue Squad. He has written numerous articles for House and Home Magazine and LI Boating World Magazine. He is a licensed Merchant Marine Captain. Cerullo hosts radio programs on WWND103.9 FM radio.