Under the L: A Chronicle of Growing up in the Near North Side of Chicago in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, Paperback - Charles J. Martinez

Reducere. Growing Up In The Near North Side Of Chicago is an oral history, turned into a chronicle, obtained by personal interviews with my childhood friends...

Reducere. A gripping account of rampant crime in Fort Worth, Texas during the 1930s, through the 1950's, with hoodlums, gamblers, murderers, dopers, pimps an...

Reducere. From blackouts in WWII to rocking out to Bill Haley and the Comets, Ocean City native Jim Jeffries recalls his "bay rat" boyhood on the Jersey Shor...

Reducere. This diverse neighborhood in the shadow of LaGuardia Airport was once called "Manhattan's Bedroom." Famous comedians, actors, physicians, scientist...

Reflecting Birmingham in the 1940s and 1950s, this work tells of the games played then in the streets: hopscotch, queenie, marbles, skipping, rolle...

A middle grade memoir from a living literary legend, giving readers a new perspective on the origins of Gary Paulsen's famed survival stories.

Reducere. A touching and nostalgic look at a childhood in Toronto's Beach District... The world of young people growing up in Toronto in the 1950's and 60's ...

Reducere. AS I RECALL... Growing Up in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s in Kenmore, NY and BeyondAntics, Escapades, & Adventures of Gregory Granger Laker: My Auto-bio...

Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe...

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Reducere. "Growing Up In Bay Ridge Brooklyn" Part of The Brooklyn past series of books.... In which neighborhood in Brooklyn did you grow up? Do you yearn fo...

DescriptionDuring a revolution of discovery in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, geologists reconstructed the immensely long hist...

DescriptionThree thousand people lived in Bentonville, Arkansas in the 1950s, long before it became identified with the largest corporation in the ...

During the Great Depression, the American South was not merely "the nation's number one economic problem, " as President Franklin Roosevelt declare...

Reducere. This book describes what life was like for my family and me living in rural, rurban, and urban Alabama during the 1940's, 50's, and 60's. Life for ...

Reducere. In the wee hours of the night, her child-self awakens her and speaks of experiencing a convoluted type of abuse- narcissistic parental abuse. No lo...

A Catholic guide for parent and child to discuss the child's emerging sexuality.Reviews: "I thank Carolyn J. Smith for thoughtfully and prayerfully...

Publisher: Bookmarks PublicationsAuthor(s): Mike CrowleyNumber of pages: 362Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 127 x 197 x 26Cover type: Paperback /...

A nostalgic look at what it was really like to be a 1950s mother and how the baby-boom generation was madePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s)...

Reducere. In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago's Great Migration through the lens of black girls. Focusing on the years between 1910 and 1940...

'I was 11 years old. I witnessed the mindless cruelty of human beings. The only peace was when I was surrounded by the dead.'Publisher: The History...

Reducere. Now in paperback from the New York Times bestselling author of Manic--a gripping and eloquent account of the unfolding of her debilitating bipolar ...

Reducere. Description"As a life-long Dodger fan, I found "My Life In Yankee Stadium" a great read. It is funny, heartwarming, and a great look at baseball fr...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Celia Louise ParisIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 88Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 233 ...

Reducere. The golden key to understanding the last 75 years of American political development, the eminent labor relations scholar Michael Goldfield argues, ...

Reducere. DescriptionDesigned to be accessible to young readers, these volumes offer a way of learning about the history of America. Each book includes infor...

Throughout it all, her indomitable spirit - and her vivid sense of humour - kept her alive. A vivid, intimate and darkly funny account of a life le...

Brought up amid near-Dickensian squalour in the tough East End of Glasgow and sexually abused by her uncle, Janey married into a Glasgow criminal f...

This book is about a man who had a dream at a very tender age and lived the dream despite all the odds that were stacked against him. With his miss...

As I look back at the 1950s and early '60s I realize now that what seemed like a depression to me, truly was a blessing in disguise. I honestly bel...

No other Sanskrit work approaches the Bhagavadgita in the influence it has exerted in the West. Philosophers such as Emerson and the other New Engl...

Children of the 1950s have much to look back on with fondness: Muffin the Mule, Andy Pandy, and Dennis the Menace became part of the family for man...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

A stunning new collection of railway photographs showcasing 1950s steam

Copenhagen Street was no different from any street in any industrial town or city in the 1950s. Not only were the streets similar, their inhabitant...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Emily PawleyIllustration(s): 16 halftonesNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Pacifique IrankundaNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 133 x 200 x 28Cover type: Hardba...

The slate quarries near Llanberis have become one of the most popular climbing spots in North Wales for climbers looking for sport routes, or immac...

Reducere. "A beautifully written and memorable account of combat from the top down and bottom up as the 101st Airborne commanders and front-line grunts battl...

Reducere. A humorous account of growing up in the midwestern suburban enclaves that sprung up during the height of the Baby Boomer era. The author details co...

We need to go back to the beginning of the idea of "public opinion" and a mass public to understand what the American public has become.Publisher: ...

Reducere. "No adult can escape the adult perspective; but simply recognizing its inevitable limitations in a children's world enables a few gifted educators ...

Reducere. Martin Prechtel continues the narrative of his unique life in Santiago, Atitlan in Long Life, Honey in the Heart, an eloquent memoir replete with t...

Publisher: Galaxy PressAuthor(s): L. Ron HubbardNumber of pages: 128Publication date: 2009Dimensions: 138 x 201 x 14Cover type: Paperback / softbac...

Reducere. North in the World presents 121 poems by Rolf Jacobsen (1907-1994), one of Norway's greatest modern poets. Garnering the highest praise of critics,...

Reducere. Chicago Heights was long the seat of one of the major street crews of the Chicago Outfit, but its importance has often been overlooked and misunder...

Reducere. What time do we live in? To gain perspective on what is happening now, we need to be aware of the roots and even the detours that have led us here....

Reducere. Following in the footsteps of the highly successful Coming of Age in America and Coming of Age Around the World, this new anthology of fiction and ...