Table of Contents

1. Ocean Parkway to Westminster Road and World War II

2. The Daily News

3. Sewers and Pretty Roses

4. Polio Summer and Other Close Calls

5. P.S. 139

6. Holy Innocents

7. The Parade Grounds

8. Altar Boys

9. Beaches

10. Ice Skating and Sleds

11. The Brooklyn Public Library

12. Boy Scouts

13. Sheepshead Bay

14. Prospect Park Lake

15. Canarsie Pier

16. The Movies

17. Coney Island and Steeplechase

18. Food

19. Anything for Thanksgiving?

20. The Subway

21. The Real Reason Why the Giants Won the Pennant

22. Shopping

Epilogue: "Ask not what . . ."

Postscript: Why I Hated Jackie Robinson