{"product_id":"9781462841684","title":"791 Coney Island Avenue: Brooklyn: What it was like to grow up in Brooklyn in the 1920s, '30s and '40s before WWII","description":"\u003cp\u003eA kid of Italian immigrants grows up in South Brooklyn and Flatbush during the ‘20s, ‘30s, and ‘40s, playing Johnny-on-the-Pony, Ringalevio and Spin-the-Bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eLife was simpler then, before the breakup of “Ma Bell,” the corporate takeovers, and junk mail. His generation was deeply affected by the Great depression; the Big Band music of Goodman, Dorsey, Ellington; movies of Cowboy and Indians, Fred and Ginger; Mickey and Judy; the New York World’s Fair; and Pearl Harbor, which forced them to leave home and go to war in places they could hardly find on a map.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ccenter\u003eREVIEW\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat great fun!  I´ve never been to Brooklyn, and I feel I know the old  place - and love it.  Although those simple, innocent, carefree, halcyon  pre-war days of 50, 60, 70  years ago are long gone, they surely come alive in this  charming, laugh-out-loud poignant memoir of Brooklyn.  DGuido writes as if  he´s talking to his reader over a beer, making the story both appealing and very  accessible - a la Neil Simon, in tone and the story itself.\u003c\/p\u003e     \u003cp\u003eThanks to the author for recapturing a kinder, sweeter, gentler time with  such wonderful recall.  I´d love to send this book to several former  Brooklyn-ite friends.  I can´t imagine anyyone from  that era or place who´d not enjoy  this breezy, good read.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141152817392,"sku":"9781462841684","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462841684_p0.jpg?v=1763679015","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462841684","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}