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A Brooklyn Odyssey: Travails and Joys of a Boy's Early LIfe
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"BROOKLYN is a place of many lands and a boy may have many childhoods there." So begins the tale of Albert Rothman, writer, poet, chemical engineer and child of the Great Depression. Albert spent his formative years in several of Brooklyn's neighborhoods, playing the traditional street games that city boys have invented over the years, discovering the pleasure of books and the public library, riding his bicycle all over Brooklyn and learning the freedom and joy of outdoor spaces from the rooftop of his apartment house. Yet, beset by illness, loneliness, bullies, anti-Semitism, and his own confusion, he felt like a stranger in every neighborhood and school. In A Brooklyn Odyssey, Rothman weaves a multi-colored tapestry of life in a time and place unknown to many of us; the life of a small boy in an extended family in a large city, decades ago. Yet the story is familiar to us all in his recounting of the confusing and mysterious world that is childhood.
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Item Specifications...
Pages 200
Dimensions: Length: 8.6" Width: 5.6" Height: 1"
Weight: 0.5 lbs.
Binding Hardcover
Release Date Oct 10, 2008
ISBN 1595942785
EAN 9781595942784
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Reviews - What do our customers think?
 | An Urban Coming of Age Oct 21, 2009 |
| This was a very easy, pleasant, and nostalgic read. Full of detail, it chronicles the coming of age of a bright young boy in the Brooklyn, N.Y. of the 1920's - 1940's. It was a bit special for me because I grew up in many of the same neighborhoods as Mr. Rothman. For those familiar with New York City, it will rekindle memories. This book, though, will have a broader appeal as well. It will bring the same enjoyment that eastern urbanites have had, for over a century, in reading books like Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, and Penrod which depicted growing up in the rest of the country. | | |  | A Brooklyn Odyssey Oct 20, 2009 |
| Albert Rothman's picture on the cover of his autobiography says it all: full of life, beans, and the dickens. His amazingly detailed memories of a time before most of us alive on this planet were born were interesting, funny, and at times poignant. I now feel I know Brooklyn street by street and a lot about the games, boyhood collections, period treats - enough to write a novel about that time and place and feel I'm on solid ground. Mr. Rothman candidly expresses his feelings about his friends and family, allowing us readers to know them and him intimately. I appreciate that he took the time and love to record his piece of the American Experience. | | | | A Touching Tale of Growing Up! Jul 17, 2009 |
| I fell in love with this book as soon as I read that Albert Rothman was born in 1924, the same year as my late parents. I feel a certain kinship with him. Albert-- like my dad-- has a seemingly photographic memory for childhood detail. In an era that had few tape recorders and no digital or video cameras, we are left to treasure the oral and written history of "the greatest generation!" I love how Albert easily transitions from prose to poetry at various stops in his journey. The tales from the school room are particularly memorable. The black and white family photos are a treasure. Every family should keep its history and memories-- the good and the bad-- like Albert Rothman did. What a wonderful book! | | | | A Brooklyn Odyssey Apr 3, 2009 |
| I highly recommend Rothman's tale about growing up in the depression years in Brooklyn. It is written with humor and sensitivity with his poetry added to his interesting prose. It is an interesting book for anyone but also a great nostalgia trip for anyone who grew up in Brooklyn in the twenties and thirties as I did. | | | | A Brooklyn Odyssey Rocks! Feb 27, 2009 |
Albert Rothman writes with humor, wit and wisdom. The stories from his life are universe and heart-felt. The details of Brooklyn and family are poignant, funny and sad at the time. Very, very readable and very honest.
A gem of a book! | | | Write your own review about A Brooklyn Odyssey: Travails and Joys of a Boy's Early LIfe
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