Just Kids from the Bronx : Telling It the Way It Was: An Oral History (Hardcover)

from Maya47Bob46

The thing I loved most was the variety of stories. Each person was unique, but the common thread was growing up in a neighborhood in the Bronx. (As in most cities, the larger is divided into smaller areas.) When one thinks about the stories as a whole, one realizes for all there was an Italian se...

from aslan7

Anyone who grew up around New York should read this book. It is an amazing collection of very short reminiscences that together paint a picture of a place that has shaped lives for decades. I laughed so hard at the story of the boy jumping in dollar bills in imitation of Scrooge McDuck, and of th...

from bookczuk

My dad grew up in the Bronx, initially on Hoe Ave then later in Grand Ave. He was a child star on vaudeville, and later in the silent movies. Played stickball on the street, and broke his leg one day when he slipped because he was wearing new leather shoes. Went to Townsend, and graduated City Co...

from burnit99

A collection of oral histories, interviews with people who lived in the Bronx as children, very much in the style of Studs Terkel. The histories are arranged chronologically, with the earliest birthdate being 1922, the most recent 1991. It's fascinating to see the subtle shift in the racial makeu...

from Esta1923

"Just Kids from the Bronx" is a lovely/loving grab-bag of memories. Arlene Alda's charming foreword sets the stage for her sixty-three contributors.(There's a youthful picture of each one.) This neighborhood, predominately Jewish, Italian and Irish in the earlier part of the 20th century, current...