It Happened in Brooklyn: An Oral History of Growing Up in the Borough in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s by Harvey Frommer, Myrna Katz Frommer

It Happened in Brooklyn: An Oral History of Growing Up in the Borough in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s

Harvey Frommer, Myrna Katz Frommer

272 pages first pub 1995 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
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Mid-century Brooklyn was the home of the Dodgers, stoop-ball and stick-ball, a booming Coney Island amusement scene, and some of the best high schools in America. It also had a more somber side: gangs, red-lining, and block-busting. In this spirit...

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