'Bring One Home': A tale of (eventual) triumph

By PAMELA JANSSON

pjansson@yourdailyglobe.com

ERWIN TOWNSHIP — As a young father, Tom Pelissero, now a resident of Erwin Township, often read books aloud to his children, and years later, to his grandkids.

At some point, he also began telling them his own childhood tales about growing up in Bessemer: stories about sledding, basketball, treehouses, and the freedom inherent to life in the 1960s.

It got to a point when, instead of asking for a book, the kids would say “We want a Bessemer story!”

Now, Pelissero has answered that call formally with a book called “Bring One Home: A Memoir of Boyhood...