Dreaming of Columbus : A Boyhood in the Bronx
by Michael Pearson
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Author: Michael PearsonEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1999-04
ISBN: 0815605617
Number of pages: 218
Publisher: Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
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Book Review: Loved it - Full of Laughter and full of exitement!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book. I, also being Catholic, could relate to the mysteries surrounding "A Nun's Habit" and the almighty ruler. It was enlightening reading about "tricks" boys played and looking back into the 60's & 70's when all was innocent and pranks were silly. The rememberence of the corner drug store and the friends in the neighborhood who felt like a part of your family. The tightly knit friends who went with you through all the ups and downs and growing through the changes in childhood to adolescence; the finally figuring out "what I want to be" and the many roads in life you took to get there. The book was well-written and the expressions that surfaced will stay with me for a long, long time. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Kudos to Pearson!
Summary of Dreaming of Columbus : A Boyhood in the Bronx
A moving memoir, Dreaming of Columbus illuminates place as a force that shapes lives. With recollection and reportage, Michael Pearson re-creates the Bronx of the 1950s and 60s, the place of his youth, that "precisely known world, safe and claustrophobic," an Irish Catholic culture filled with light and shadows. The driving force behind Pearson's story is its people - an enigmatic father, a steadfast mother, an eccentric and influential writing teacher, the boys and girls who shared his neighborhood, the high school girl who shared his vision and his life - and the books that made escape and return seem possible.Authors Books
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