Main entry:

Willensky, Elliot.

Title & Author:

When Brooklyn was the world, 1920-1957 / Elliot Willensky.

Publication:

New York : Harmony Books, [1986]

Description:

239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-236) and index.
Are you really from Brooklyn? -- What kind of place was it? -- How did it get that way? -- It was certainly changing -- The Culver, the Sea Beach, the Canarsie line -- They came from everywhere -- Mine was the best block -- Aw, ma, I don't wanna go -- A place of coal smoke and ashes -- Walk us to the store -- Chickee--d' cops! -- Today's a day for the beach -- Let's eat out t'night -- Don't talk chum--chew Topps gum -- You shoulda been here when-- -- Lend me ya car!

Summary:

Elliot Willensky, born in Brooklyn and now official Borough Historian, takes us back to a sweeter time when a trip on the new BMT subway was a delightful adventure, when summer days were a picnic on the sand and evenings were Nathan's hotdogs at Coney Island and a whirl of lights, spills, and chills at dazzling Luna Park. For Brooklyn, the years between 1920 and 1957 were a special time. It was in 1920 that the subway system reached to Brooklyn's outer edge--linking the entire borough with Manhattan and making it an ideal spot for millions of new families to build their homes. The end of the era came in 1957--the last year that Brooklyn's beloved Dodgers played at Ebbets Field before moving to sunny California. For many loyal fans the fate of "Dem Bums" represents the fate of Brooklyn.--From publisher description.

Resources:
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0517558580
9780517558584

Subject:

Manners and customs
Stadtviertel
Stadtbild
Stadtleben
Stadtteil.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) History.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Social life and customs.
New York (N.Y.) History.
New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 20th century.
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) Pictorial works.
New York (N.Y.) Histoire.
New York (N.Y.) Mœurs et coutumes 20e siècle.
New York (State) New York
New York (State) New York Brooklyn
United States, New York, Kings, Brooklyn History.
United States, New York, Kings, Brooklyn Social life and customs.
Brooklyn, NY

Form/genre:

Pictorial Work.
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Ouvrages illustrés.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 35545
Call No.: ID:88-B6833
Status: Available