My Old Neighborhood Remembered: A Memoir

My Old Neighborhood Remembered: A Memoir

My Old Neighborhood RememberedÂ is a lyrical remembrance of neighborhood life that has vanished from the culture. Best-selling author Avery Corman vividly recreates the vibrant, colorful neighborhood where he grew up â€“ in the Bronx of the 1940s and 1950s. He recalls candy stores and bookmakers, egg creams and double feature movies, street games like stickball and Johnny- on-the-pony, school days of a different era, social mores that have disappeared. Â Â Â His was the generation of children of the home front during World War II, and he recounts how the war was embedded in daily life, and how children became literate through newspaper coverage of the war, and through Dick and Jane and comic books. He remembers in his neighborhood a deep sense of community and shared experience. Â Â Â My Old Neighborhood RememberedÂ is a memoir that is urban history. Featured are 16 vintage photographs.Â Avery Corman also discusses the factors that altered the Bronx, in a decline that was particularly rapid and vast, before the area began to rebuild. Â Â As the author ofÂ Kramer vs. Kramer, a common assumption has been that Avery Corman was himself divorced; he was not. He was, however, a child of divorce at a time and place when divorce was rare, an experience woven through the narrative. Â Â My Old Neighborhood RememberedÂ is told with the storytelling skills that have made Avery Corman a critically acclaimed author whose books have been published throughout the world.
Country USA
Brand Barricade Books
Manufacturer Barricade Books
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber black & white illustrations, black & whi
ReleaseDate 2014-06-10
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781569805183

Country	USA
Brand	Barricade Books
Manufacturer	Barricade Books
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	black & white illustrations, black & whi
ReleaseDate	2014-06-10
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781569805183

My Old Neighborhood Remembered: A Memoir

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