It Happened in Brooklyn: An Oral History of Growing Up in the Borough in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s (Excelsior Editions) - Softcover

Frommer, Myrna; Frommer, Harvey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1438427506 ISBN 13: 9781438427508

Publisher: Excelsior Editions, 2009

Synopsis

Over one hundred voices recall, chronicle, and celebrate the Brooklyn of legend.

It Happened in Brooklyn tells the story of mid-century Brooklyn, home of the famed Brooklyn Dodgers, Nathan’s franks, stoop-ball, stick-ball, and some of the best high schools in America. In this spirited recollection, more than one hundred voices chronicle and celebrate, in tones both humorous and poignant, the borough as it was once was: a largely working- and lower-middle-class environment bathed in the optimistic glow of the postwar years. Illustrated with period photographs.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

It Happened in Brooklyn tells the story of mid-century Brooklyn, home of the famed Brooklyn Dodgers, Nathan's franks, stoop-ball, stickball, and some of the best high schools in America. In this spirited recollection, more than one hundred voices chronicle and celebrate, in tones both humorous and poignant, the borough as it once was: a largely working- and lower-middle-class environment bathed in the optimistic glow of the postwar years. Illustrated with period photographs.

"Throbs with life and affection." -- Publishers Weekly

"Has the genuine flavor of Brooklyn." -- Newsday

"All of us need this beautiful book." -- New York Daily News

"Despite the emphasis on good-time memories--Jackie Robinson, stickball, Coney Island amusements--accounts of red-lining and block-busting close this absorbing evocation." -- Library Journal

About the Author:

Myrna Katz Frommer and Harvey Frommer are the authors of many works of oral history, including It Happened in the Catskills, It Happened on Broadway, and Growing Up Jewish in America. They both teach at Dartmouth College, and they live in Lyme, New Hampshire.

About this edition

• Publisher: Excelsior Editions
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1438427506
• ISBN 13: 9781438427508
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 250