Ted Meyers grows up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn during the 1940's and 1950's. He enjoys many an hour in neighborhood candy stores with his friends, sipping egg creams, talking about his beloved Brooklyn Dodgers, and peeking into comic books and girlie magazines. These and other happy memories make up the Brooklyn of his sweet dreams. In high school Ted becomes a journalist, starting out as a reporter for the school newspaper. At Brooklyn College he has a fulfilling career as a reporter and editor of the campus newspaper, known as The Kingsman. While he becomes successful as a...
Ted Meyers grows up in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn during the 1940's and 1950's. He enjoys many an hour in neighborhood candy stores with his ...
Coming of age during the Great Depression and World War Two in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ira Gelber sees himself as the ultimate loser, a nobody. He starts out with many strikes against him, including an over-protective mother and an abusive father. Ira admires his high-achieving older brother but cannot hope to emulate him in any way. A weak student, Ira is barely able to graduate from high school and winds up mired in a series of low-paying, dead-end jobs. He sees himself as timid, socially inept, and unsuccessful in his relationships with women. Along the way, he...
Coming of age during the Great Depression and World War Two in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, Ira Gelber sees himself as the ultimate los...
