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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Bronx Brat

Bronx Brat

Billings, Alvin

Paperback

Biographies General21st Century United States HistoryGeneral Parenting

Publisher Price: $15.99

ISBN10: 194986457X
ISBN13: 9781949864571
Publisher: Red Penguin Books
Published: Sep 7 2022
Pages: 372
Weight: 1.20
Height: 0.83 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This is the story of Bernie, a Brat born and raised in the Bronx.

His story unfolds in the Bronx of the 1940s and 50s--a colorful mosaic of Italian, Irish and Jewish families. Local parks (especially the Bronx Zoo and Botanical Garden) were peaceful oases from crowded Bronx apartment houses. Bernie was highly intelligent and sought adult-level knowledge in local libraries. He had fierce protective love for his two younger sisters and a brother. His loving, but weak father surrendered to a dominant mother who kept control with screaming paranoia. Bernie related to World War 2 with a precocious understanding of current events and military strategy taught to him by his grandfather. He hid his learning from others and his teachers in order to 'fit in'.

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