Seabury Place: A Bronx Memoir (Paperback)

by Daniel Wolfe (Author) "My earliest memory of our Stebbins Avenue apartment in the Bronx is of our childless neighbor, Mrs. Levine..." (more)
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Product Description
Daniel Wolfe, author of Cold Ground’s Been My Bed: A Korean War Memoir, brings to life his Bronx neighborhood during the Great Depression—a scene populated by characters that sound like a casting call for Guys and Dolls: Willie the Weasel, Lunchee, Noiviss, Trench Feet, Jake the Pickleman, Pimple Ear, and the Creep.

A street vendor’s cart offered a baked sweet potato, a jelly apple, or shaved ice dripping with syrup. A raucous game of stickball, street hockey, or off the curb resounded with predictable arguments. Dan depicts his hilarious antics as a busboy at a Catskill Mountain resort, a first date boat ride up the Hudson River, and the everyday caustic jokes of the boys hanging out at the candy store.

But the heart and soul of Dan’s childhood was found not in his colorful street life but within the two-bedroom flat that his parents made home for a family of five despite a hostile janitor, a cold radiator, and a leaky icebox. The author’s relationship with his hard-working Ma and Pa illuminates this memoir.

Like a long talk with old friends late into the night, Seabury Place is an experience you won’t want to end.

About the Author
Daniel Wolfe was born in the Bronx, attended P.S. 61, Hermann Ridder Junior High, and James Monroe High School. After graduation and brief work stints, he was drafted into the Korean War and earned a Bronze Star with a V for Valor. Aided by the GI Bill, he graduated from CCNY and then taught biology for thirty-five years in the Bronx.

Product Details

• Paperback: 313 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse, Inc. (August 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595440436
• ISBN-13: 978-0595440436
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,346,759 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Depression-Era Memior...Far From Depressing, February 7, 2008

By	Sophie - See all my reviews

Daniel Wolfe humorously describes how The I Cash Clothes Man, The Lineman, The Sweet Potato Man, The Iceman brought music to the streets of the East Bronx. I did not want to put the book down as I laughed myself through the characters in his neighborhood, his adventures as a bus boy in the Catskills, his Moonlight Ride up the Hudson.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The good old days, January 28, 2008

By	Marvin Schwartz - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Life 60+ years ago was a lot different than today. If you want to enjoy the experience of that time you must read Seabury Place. The reader is taken back to the family, the streets, the schools in an interesting and humerous way.
Marvin -New York

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Memories, January 26, 2008

By	Murray (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

I was carried back to the magic of my days in the Bronx during the Great Depression. Although money was a rare commodity, laughs were not. Those days are hilariously described in Seabury Place: A Bronx memoir.