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Frank Frazetta was born when the nation fell into the worst economic condition ever faced, the Great Depression. Frank’s father, Alfred, immigrated to the United States from Italy in the early 1900s. Al worked as a stone-setter in Brooklyn, NY. Stone-setters were considered specialized technicians and never moved beyond that skill into smithing gold or other areas of jewelry making. He was considered a successful blue-collar worker, while Frank's mother, Mary, a second generation Italian-American, raised Frank and his three sisters in a humble home located in Sheepshead Bay. In the 1930s, the economic downfall stole the hopes and dreams of a nation but not for young Frank. Perhaps too young to grasp what was happening to the nation’s economy, Frank knew a better future was in the cards for him. He knew that if he wanted to achieve certain things ...
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