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Fascinating look at 1960s NY tenement life, the raw deal the Merchant Marine received (they weren‘t given veteran status until 1988!), the heartache of Kennedy‘s assassination, a young boy who wants to be a journalist, falling for a pretty girl, worrying about his family not having Christmas, trying to steer his younger brother away from gang life. Well written and mesmerizing, I enjoyed this book so much more than I had anticipated.