Mid-century Brooklyn was the home of the Dodgers, stoop-ball and stick-ball, a booming Coney Island, and some of the best high schools in America. It also had a more somber side: gangs, red-lining, and block-busting. In this spirited evocation, more than one hundred voices reflect on the three decades in the borough between World War II and the Viet Nam War. Earthy and humorous, poignant and nostalgic, this book is an album, chronicle, and celebration of the Brooklyn of legend. Illustrated with period photographs.
- ISBN13 9780299206147
- Publish Date 9 November 2004 (first published 1 November 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 3 February 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Wisconsin Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 272
- Language English