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    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
The Boy from 30th Street

The Boy from 30th Street

Wildberger, Marty

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ISBN10: 1500991341
ISBN13: 9781500991340
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 25 2014
Pages: 262
Weight: 0.78
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This is a series of light and mostly humorous vignettes that narrate incidents and activities in my life from birth till high school graduation. Included are: some purely legendary genealogy; how I got my name because I was expected to die momentarily at birth and had to be christened immediately; how I used my imagination and memories of fairy tales to read Nana the fine print in the newspaper; how, in the 1930s, my grandmother became Vice President of a small pharmaceutical firm; how I used the public library without supervision, much less guidance; how I survived grammar school and learned to outrun the bullies; how my boy scout patrol went to the Camporee on the street car; how I went to the 1939 World Fair in New York City and appeared on television; how I learned to dance and wrestle, not quite at the same time; how I sat on the fender as we drove down Charles St. and helped Roy tune his Model A Ford; how I ushered, took tickets, and ran the elevator in a downtown theater, so well that I was offered a job as assistant manager; how I carried a spear in Aida, a gun in Carmen, and hors d'oeuvres in Rigoletto; how I met my future wife at a high school debate; how I embarrassed the history teacher by winning a history contest; and many more.

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