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The Christmas kid and other Brooklyn stories, Pete Hamill

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Never before collected in one volume, here are Pete Hamill's stories about Brooklyn, the borough in which he was born and grew up, and the one closest to his heart. A young boy with a mysterious past forever transforms the lives of the neighborhood toughs. A man returns to his old haunts to avenge the death of his brother. A couple chooses to embrace their memories of a bygone era rather than live in a diminished future. These are stories of a New York almost lost but not forgotten. They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming over with nostalgia (which Hamill has called the most common New York emotion), for the world after the war, the city before heroin and crack, the days of the Dodgers and Giants, even, for some, the world of the Depression. Full of pieces that have been unavailable for years, this collection is classic Hamill -- a must-read for his fans, for those who love New York, and for anyone who seeks to understand the world today through the lens of the world that once was
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
Contents
  • A poet long ago
  • The car
  • Just the facts, ma'am
  • 6-6-44
  • The trial of Red Dano
  • Leaving paradise
  • Lullaby of Birdland
  • The boarder
  • The men in black raincoats
  • The radio doctor
  • The Christmas kid
  • The challenge
  • A hero of the war
  • The final score
  • Gone
  • You say tomato, and...
  • 'S wonderful
  • The warrior's son
  • The second summer
  • The sunset pool
  • The lasting gift
  • The price of love
  • The man with the blue guitar
  • The hitter bag
  • Trouble
  • The home country
  • The waiting game
  • The home run
  • Up the roof
  • The book signing
  • A death in the family
  • Wishes
  • The love of his life
  • Good-bye
  • Changing of the guard
  • Footsteps
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The Christmas kid and other Brooklyn stories
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The Christmas kid and other Brooklyn stories
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Pete Hamill
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Language
eng
Summary
Never before collected in one volume, here are Pete Hamill's stories about Brooklyn, the borough in which he was born and grew up, and the one closest to his heart. A young boy with a mysterious past forever transforms the lives of the neighborhood toughs. A man returns to his old haunts to avenge the death of his brother. A couple chooses to embrace their memories of a bygone era rather than live in a diminished future. These are stories of a New York almost lost but not forgotten. They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming over with nostalgia (which Hamill has called the most common New York emotion), for the world after the war, the city before heroin and crack, the days of the Dodgers and Giants, even, for some, the world of the Depression. Full of pieces that have been unavailable for years, this collection is classic Hamill -- a must-read for his fans, for those who love New York, and for anyone who seeks to understand the world today through the lens of the world that once was
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1935-
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Hamill, Pete
Dewey number
813/.54
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3558.A423
LC item number
C48 2012
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Short stories
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The Christmas kid and other Brooklyn stories, Pete Hamill
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Publication
Contents
  • A poet long ago
  • The car
  • Just the facts, ma'am
  • 6-6-44
  • The trial of Red Dano
  • Leaving paradise
  • Lullaby of Birdland
  • The boarder
  • The men in black raincoats
  • The radio doctor
  • The Christmas kid
  • The challenge
  • A hero of the war
  • The final score
  • Gone
  • You say tomato, and...
  • 'S wonderful
  • The warrior's son
  • The second summer
  • The sunset pool
  • The lasting gift
  • The price of love
  • The man with the blue guitar
  • The hitter bag
  • Trouble
  • The home country
  • The waiting game
  • The home run
  • Up the roof
  • The book signing
  • A death in the family
  • Wishes
  • The love of his life
  • Good-bye
  • Changing of the guard
  • Footsteps
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
Form of item
online
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)843125237
Label
The Christmas kid and other Brooklyn stories, Pete Hamill
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Publication
Contents
  • A poet long ago
  • The car
  • Just the facts, ma'am
  • 6-6-44
  • The trial of Red Dano
  • Leaving paradise
  • Lullaby of Birdland
  • The boarder
  • The men in black raincoats
  • The radio doctor
  • The Christmas kid
  • The challenge
  • A hero of the war
  • The final score
  • Gone
  • You say tomato, and...
  • 'S wonderful
  • The warrior's son
  • The second summer
  • The sunset pool
  • The lasting gift
  • The price of love
  • The man with the blue guitar
  • The hitter bag
  • Trouble
  • The home country
  • The waiting game
  • The home run
  • Up the roof
  • The book signing
  • A death in the family
  • Wishes
  • The love of his life
  • Good-bye
  • Changing of the guard
  • Footsteps
Edition
1st ed.
Extent
1 online resource (viii, 271 pages)
Form of item
online
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
(OCoLC)843125237

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