Stephen Puleo is the author of The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day, which was published by Beacon Press in April 2007. His previous books include Due to Enemy Action: The True World War II Story of the USS Eagle 56 and Dark Tide: The Great Boston Molasses Flood of 1919, a critically acclaimed Boston-area bestseller.
Steve is a recipient of the 2007 I Migliori award, which honors Americans of Italian ancestry who have excelled in their chosen fields and have made a significant contribution to society.
Steve's first two books are the only full-length works on their particular subjects. Due to Enemy Action (Lyons Press, 2005) is about the sinking of an American warship off the coast of Maine by a German U-boat in 1945, and the stunning conclusion of the story that doesn’t occur until 57 years later. Dark Tide (Beacon Press, 2003) was an Associated Press “round-up”
selection for fall 2003, and was selected by the Boston Authors’ Club as a finalist for its prestigious Julia Ward Howe prize in
2003, given to books of literary merit.
Steve
makes frequent presentations on his books. Visit the Appearances page of this site to see a complete schedule.
Steve earned a master’s degree in History in 1994 from
the University of Massachusetts/Boston, where he received
the Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence from the Office
of Graduate Studies and Research. His master’s thesis
was entitled From Italy to Boston’s North End: Italian
Immigration and Settlement, 1800-1910. The thesis focuses
on Italian immigration to the United States in general, with
a particular focus on Boston’s North End. Steve earned
his bachelor’s degree in English from the University
of Massachusetts at Boston in 1978.
Steve has been a contributor of book reviews and feature
stories to American History magazine, including major
articles that appeared in the February 2001 issue on the Great
Boston Molasses Flood – entitled “Death by Molasses”
— and a feature story in the June 2001 issue on the
sinking and recovery of the USS Squalus submarine
off the New Hampshire coast.
In addition to his historical research and writing, Steve
also has more than 25 years of experience in the communications
business — as a newspaper reporter and columnist, in
the corporate communications arena, and as an independent
consultant. As a communications professional, Steve has a
wide breadth of experience, including strategic communications,
employee and customer communications, public/media relations,
government and community relations, advertising, marketing
communications, executive-level/strategic consulting, and
speechwriting and speech coaching.
He has won awards for investigative reporting from the Massachusetts
Press Association and United Press International (UPI), and
his corporate communications efforts have been frequently
recognized by the International Association of Business Communicators
(IABC) and Ragan Communications, a leading national corporate
communications analyst. He has been a guest speaker at conferences
on a variety of corporate communications topics.
Steve and his wife, Kate, live in Weymouth, Massachusetts.
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