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Article: It Happened in Brooklyn.(Brief Article)
- Article from:
- The Antioch Review
- Article date:
- June 22, 1996
- Author:
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 1996 Antioch Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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It Happened in Brooklyn by Myrna Katz Frommet and Harvey Frommer. Harcourt Brace, 250 pp., $15.00 (paper). These two recent compendia cover different ranges, address different audiences, but both satisfy a persistent hunger for details about the inner workings of New York City, shared by the native and outsider alike. Frommer and Frommer have assembled a playful, interestingly arranged, and stimulating collection of extracts from oral histories. Organized topically, the comments span such issues as street life, school life, the not-so-private worlds of Brooklyn apartment dwellers, Coney Island, ethnicity, and assimilation. Over 100 voices include famous entertainers (e.g., ...
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