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Joe Amato (other)
Joe Amato may refer to: * Joe Amato (poet) (born 1955), American writer *Joe Amato (dragster driver) Joe Amato (born June 13, 1944) is an American drag racing, dragster driver, who won the National Hot Rod Association's Top Fuel championship five occasions and scored 52 event victories, most of them with crew chief Tim Richards. He was the first ... (born 1944), American dragster driver * Joseph Amato (mobster) (died 1927), Chicago mobster * Joseph A. Amato (1938–2025), author and scholar of history {{hndis, Amato, Joe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Amato (poet)
Joe Amato (born May 31, 1955) is an American writer and poet. Biography Amato was born in 1955 in Syracuse, New York. He received a BS in mathematics and mechanical engineering from Syracuse University in 1976. He spent seven years working in project engineering in New York before returning to graduate school and earning a MA and Doctor of Arts in English from University at Albany in 1986 and 1989, respectively. He has since authored eleven books, including a memoir and three novels, and coauthored screenplays with writing partner Kass Fleisher. Amato was the former production manager at Steerage Press, founded by Fleisher in 2011. He taught creative writing and literature for twenty years at Illinois State University in Normal, Illinois. Books *''Symptoms of a Finer Age'' (Viet Nam Generation and Burning Cities Press, 1994) *''Bookend: Anatomies of a Virtual Self'' (SUNY Press, 1997) *''Finger Exorcised'' (BlazeVOX Books, 2006) *''Under Virga'' (Chax Press, 2006) *''Indus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Amato (dragster Driver)
Joe Amato (born June 13, 1944) is an American drag racing, dragster driver, who won the National Hot Rod Association's Top Fuel championship five occasions and scored 52 event victories, most of them with crew chief Tim Richards. He was the first driver to exceed and in competition. Early life and education Amato was born in Exeter, Pennsylvania, on June 13, 1944. He began racing cars as a teenager, when he worked at his family's auto parts store. He dropped out of high school to help run the store when his father had serious heart problems; eventually, Amato built the business into Keystone Automotive, a large and successful automotive wholesaler and distributor. Racing career Between 1982 and 2000, Amato finished in the Top 10 every year and, in 1983, earned his first Top Fuel victory in Montreal in 1983. His final career victory came in Reading, Pennsylvania in 2000. Eye surgery forced him to retire from competitive driving at the end of the 2000 season. He then participa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joseph Amato (mobster)
The Milwaukee crime family, also known as the Balistrieri crime family or the Milwaukee Mafia, was an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.Peter J. Devico ''The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra.'(pg.154-156)/ref> The organization maintained links to other Midwestern Mafia families, including those in Chicago and Kansas City,3 Mob Families Linked to Teamsters Fund George Lardner Jr., '''' (November 22, 1985) and had over 50 " |
