Author: Neil Simon
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573693366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A coming of age tale that focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, left in the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. Their desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife. Grandma is a severe, frightfully intimidating immigrant who terrified her children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum who is on the run, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing problem with causes more psychological than physical problems. Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon's earlier Eugene trilogy, Lost in Yonkers climaxes with a dramatic confrontation between embittered mother and lonely daughter that creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.
Lost in Yonkers
Author: Neil Simon
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573693366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A coming of age tale that focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, left in the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. Their desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife. Grandma is a severe, frightfully intimidating immigrant who terrified her children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum who is on the run, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing problem with causes more psychological than physical problems. Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon's earlier Eugene trilogy, Lost in Yonkers climaxes with a dramatic confrontation between embittered mother and lonely daughter that creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573693366
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
A coming of age tale that focuses on brothers Arty and Jay, left in the care of their Grandma Kurnitz and Aunt Bella in Yonkers, New York. Their desperate father, Eddie, works as a traveling salesman to pay off debts incurred following the death of his wife. Grandma is a severe, frightfully intimidating immigrant who terrified her children as they were growing up, damaging each of them to varying degrees. Bella is a sweet but mentally slow and highly excitable woman who longs to marry an usher at the local movie house so she can escape the oppressive household and create a life and family of her own. Her brother Louie is a small-time, tough-talking hoodlum who is on the run, while her sister Gert suffers from a breathing problem with causes more psychological than physical problems. Missing much of the sentimentality of the plays comprising Simon's earlier Eugene trilogy, Lost in Yonkers climaxes with a dramatic confrontation between embittered mother and lonely daughter that creates a permanent fissure in this highly dysfunctional family.
Yonkers Yonkers!
Author: Patricia Vaccarino
Publisher: Modus Operandi Books
ISBN: 9780996349413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
YONKERS Yonkers! is for Young Adult readers, yet readers of all ages can learn how our turbulent political times have been shaped by our past. Welcome to working class Yonkers circa 1969-71! This coming-of-age story captures Woodstock, the Vietnam War, a bad President in the the White House, chaos and a fundamental breakdown of social order.
Publisher: Modus Operandi Books
ISBN: 9780996349413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
YONKERS Yonkers! is for Young Adult readers, yet readers of all ages can learn how our turbulent political times have been shaped by our past. Welcome to working class Yonkers circa 1969-71! This coming-of-age story captures Woodstock, the Vietnam War, a bad President in the the White House, chaos and a fundamental breakdown of social order.
Ghosts and Legends of Yonkers
Author: Jason Medina
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625850522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Former NYPD officer and current ghost hunter Jason Medina travels up the Hudson River to a hotbed of paranormal activity. The quiet New York suburb of Yonkers hides a history of hauntings. Now converted into apartments, old Public School 13 is the site of strange apparitions that may be ghosts of former students and teachers who died in a tragic fire. The Boyce Thompson Institute’s lofty goal of solving world hunger was never met, and unfulfilled spirits are said to lurk in its abandoned laboratory. Wealthy colonial landowners still watch over stately historic homes like Philipse Manor Hall. Even the iconic Untermyer Park is a playground for the otherworldly. Local ghost investigator Jason Medina reveals these and other ghosts of Yonkers.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1625850522
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Former NYPD officer and current ghost hunter Jason Medina travels up the Hudson River to a hotbed of paranormal activity. The quiet New York suburb of Yonkers hides a history of hauntings. Now converted into apartments, old Public School 13 is the site of strange apparitions that may be ghosts of former students and teachers who died in a tragic fire. The Boyce Thompson Institute’s lofty goal of solving world hunger was never met, and unfulfilled spirits are said to lurk in its abandoned laboratory. Wealthy colonial landowners still watch over stately historic homes like Philipse Manor Hall. Even the iconic Untermyer Park is a playground for the otherworldly. Local ghost investigator Jason Medina reveals these and other ghosts of Yonkers.
Yonkers
Author:
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Over the centuries, Yonkers, New York, has evolved from a small village to a dynamic industrial powerhouse. The city firmly established itself as one of the largest cities in the state in the post-Civil War era, with downtown Getty Square as its bustling center.
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 9780738557601
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
Over the centuries, Yonkers, New York, has evolved from a small village to a dynamic industrial powerhouse. The city firmly established itself as one of the largest cities in the state in the post-Civil War era, with downtown Getty Square as its bustling center.
Yonkers in the Twentieth Century
Author: Marilyn E. Weigold
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438453949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Yonkers in the Twentieth Century chronicles the decline and rebirth of the fourth largest city in New York State, once known as "the Queen City of the Hudson" and "the City of Gracious Living." Previously an industrial powerhouse, the city's factories turned out essential items that helped the United States win two world wars. Following World War II, the industrial base of Yonkers eroded as companies moved away, contributing to an increase in poverty. To address the housing needs of its low-income residents, Yonkers built public housing, resulting in a nearly thirty-year court case that, for the first time in United States history, linked school and housing segregation. The case was finally settled in the early years of the twenty-first century, a time that also witnessed the continuation of the city's economic redevelopment efforts along the Hudson River and contiguous downtown area. Striving to once again become "the Queen City of the Hudson," Yonkers is being rebuilt beginning at its historic waterfront.
Publisher: State University of New York Press
ISBN: 1438453949
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 413
Book Description
Yonkers in the Twentieth Century chronicles the decline and rebirth of the fourth largest city in New York State, once known as "the Queen City of the Hudson" and "the City of Gracious Living." Previously an industrial powerhouse, the city's factories turned out essential items that helped the United States win two world wars. Following World War II, the industrial base of Yonkers eroded as companies moved away, contributing to an increase in poverty. To address the housing needs of its low-income residents, Yonkers built public housing, resulting in a nearly thirty-year court case that, for the first time in United States history, linked school and housing segregation. The case was finally settled in the early years of the twenty-first century, a time that also witnessed the continuation of the city's economic redevelopment efforts along the Hudson River and contiguous downtown area. Striving to once again become "the Queen City of the Hudson," Yonkers is being rebuilt beginning at its historic waterfront.