Bibliograph

My old neighborhood remembered, a memoir, Avery Corman

Type

Label

My old neighborhood remembered, a memoir, Avery Corman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

My old neighborhood remembered

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

862209015

Responsibility statement

Avery Corman

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

Presents a memoir of growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s and 1950s, recalling the simpler way of life and sense of community that prevailed there and discussing the reasons for its later transformation brought about by increasing poverty and crime

Table Of Contents

175 Field Place -- Elementary school -- The home front -- My aunt and uncle -- A Twilight Zone type of occurrence -- The talking dog -- Other dogs -- Reading -- Street games -- Candy and things -- Going to the movies -- Summers -- The Bronx Home News -- Alexander's Department Store -- Rooting for baseball teams -- Joe DiMaggio's glove -- Playing baseball -- Edgar Allan Poe -- "Have you got any information?" -- Religious observance -- Barber shops -- Groceries, delis, bakeries, appetizing stores -- Ice cream parlors -- The truth about my father -- Television -- Schoolyard basketball -- Junior high school -- The Bronx Zoo -- The 1951 City College basketball scandal -- Emil Verban -- High school -- The Paradise pizzeria -- Getting to Arthur Avenue -- Chinese restaurants -- The Concourse Plaza Hotel -- Jack Molinas -- Laurel & Hardy go ice skating -- Absence of a manila envelope -- The tan jacket -- College -- The reality -- Voting -- Fulfilling your military obligation -- Once more -- Leaving

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