Coney Island Odyssey

In this memoir, the author has captured the spirit and breadth of Jewish folklore, which once existed in the life of Coney Island. From the struggle of his parents; his father who paid dearly for his citizenship through an era in the thirties; his mother who attempted to decorate a dismal six family walk-up; and to himself who passed through a difficult Bar Mitzvah, his poor mother bargaining slyly with the salesman for an appropriate suit. His education at Stuyvesant High School, a premier...