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 Paperboy : Confessions of a Future Engineer
by Henry Petroski
Hardcover: 384
pages
Paperboy is a memoir of growing up in Cambria Heights in the fifties. Young Henry attended Sacred Heart grammar school and Holy Cross
H.S., but I think his experience was not greatly different from what one would have had in St. Pascals in that
era. As an ex-pressboy I can vouch for his account of hanging out at the press office and delivering the paper seven days a week. I only regret his bad mouthing my other Alma Mater, Andrew Jackson H.S., but must admit others (mostly
nuns) held the same opinion in my time. Henry also seemed to have a snobbish attitude toward St. Albans and crossing Springfield
Blvd, but I did appreciate his Q4 bus joke, which I had never heard before. Altogether the book is a good read and a reminder for me
of many happy days. This is the first book report I have had to write in over fifty years so I would hope for an A for effort or at least one for neatness.
Jack Maloney
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Old Queens, NY, in Early Photographs
by Vincent F. Seyfried (Author), William Asadorian (Author)
Rich harvest of rare photographs recalls "good old days" in Maspeth, Jamaica, Astoria, Jackson Heights, other areas. Vintage views include DeWitt Clinton mansion, hotel where Washington slept (1790), plus recent landmarks—Astoria Studios, 1939 World’s Fair, more. Captions. 261 prints. |
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Nassau County, Long Island, in Early Photographs
Vintage photos recall aspects of life on Long Island
from post-Civil War to modern era. Village life, agriculture, local industries,
celebrities, early aviation and movie industries, fabulous estates, beaches,
much more. Unique document of early Nassau and pioneer photography. Full
informative captions. Introduction. Indices.
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Suffolk County, Long Island, in Early Photographs, 1867-1951
Charming pictorial history of Suffolk and a bygone era: village life,
farming, fishing, shipping, transportation, leisure activities;
one-room schools, churches, yachts, more. 184 black-and-white
photographs. Introduction. Index. |
Old Rockaway, New York, in Early Photographs
175 rare, early photographs document area’s heyday as a lively summer vacation spot, with vintage pictures of mansions, stucco cottages, and grand hotels; bathers on the beach; carousels, vaudeville houses, rides, saloons, dance halls, and other tourist attractions. Extensive, well-researched captions accompany photos, with facts and lore about Neponsit, Belle Harbor, Bayswater, Edgemere, Arverne, Far Rockaway, Rockaway Beach and other areas.
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9/11 - The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition
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On the morning of September 11, 2001, brothers Jules and Gedeon Naudet were working on a documentary about a rookie New York City firefighter. Hearing a roar in the sky, Jules turned his camera upward--just in time to film the only existing image of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center. In a fateful instant, Jules and Gedeon became eyewitnesses to the most shocking and defining incident of our time.
(Note: Retired firefighter Larry Byrnes [SPB 6/49] is seen in the
film. Read about his experience.)
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Lily's
Crossing, by Patricia Reilly Giff
Anticipating the 1944 summer vacation from St. Pascal Baylon School, 10-year-old Lily
Mollahan grows increasingly irritated with the war overseas and its threat closer to home:
"Was that all anyone thought about--news and the war?"Staying with her
grandmother in Rockaway while her father heads for France and the fighting, Lily becomes
increasingly intrigued by another child, a Hungarian refugee. "Albert could really be
a Nazi spy," she fantasizes. Imagination is one thing, lying another, and as her
vacation draws on, the young heroine's tales become more dangerous than charming. Patricia
Reilly Giff carefully evokes wartime tensions and summertime torpor. She has also created
a complicated, intriguing little girl. (Ages 8 to very old)
Note: In this Newbery Honor Book author Giff tips her hat to Sr. Devota. |
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