Flying over 96th Street: Memoir of an East Harlem White Boy
New York: Scribner, 2004. First Edition, First Printing. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.
The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. The book appears unread; Stains on the front text-block that do not affect pages. 9.5 inches tall; 275 pages.
Very Good / Fine. Item #18007
ISBN: 0743247507
Set in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the memoir follows Tommy's journey in a city divided by race and poverty. Attending Collegiate School for Boys on a scholarship, Tommy's world is limited to below 96th Street, where muggers and gangs lurk.
Yet, he gradually connects with a different East Harlem, finding friendship on basketball courts and at church, amidst the struggles of the projects and tenements.
Interwoven with the national Civil Rights movement, from watching the integration of Little Rock's Central High School to joining the 1963 March on Washington, Tommy observes the changing landscape of his community.
Price: $12.95
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