Is it possible for an author to mix a lifelong love of streetcars with a nostalgic look at a kid growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930's & 1940's? Stan Fischler has turned the trick with a unique & remarkable book, "Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn". An author & Emmy-Award winning sportscaster, Fischler examines a dozen different streetcar lines he regularly travelled & weaves a series of intriguing trolley-related tales about them. Each of the lines & the various trolley models are vividly brought to life ...
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Is it possible for an author to mix a lifelong love of streetcars with a nostalgic look at a kid growing up in Brooklyn during the 1930's & 1940's? Stan Fischler has turned the trick with a unique & remarkable book, "Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn". An author & Emmy-Award winning sportscaster, Fischler examines a dozen different streetcar lines he regularly travelled & weaves a series of intriguing trolley-related tales about them. Each of the lines & the various trolley models are vividly brought to life along with such neighborhood characters as Richie Mishkin, the telephone courier, Mr. Montague, the feared shop teacher, & Max, the waiter at the S&L Delicatessen. Trolleys are vividly described as The Sexpots (5000 Series), The Groaners, The Debonairs & The Pretenders. "Confessions of a Trolley Dodger from Brooklyn" covers long ago Coney Island, Ebbets Field, P.S. 54 & the movie theaters & stores of many neighborhoods. Fischler vividly paints a portrait of Brooklyn that is long gone; when the candy store was the center of the universe & the egg cream more coveted than champagne.
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Good. Size: 8x0x11; (NA27 MAR26T7AL) hardcover issued without dust jacket, black and white pictorial boards, light edge/point wear, light scuffing, no underlining or highlighting within.
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Near Fine in near fine jacket. First edition, 1995. Hardcover in dust jacket, 136 pp., illustrated, clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy in Near Fine dust jacket, wear to the tips of the book's covers, a bit of discoloration to the flaps of the dust jacket. Dust jacket housed in archival dust jacket protector.
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Very Good. Book. 4to-over 9æ-12" tall. Large format hardcover, black glossy paper pictorial boards. No dust-jacket. 136 pages. Illustrated with photographs and maps by Shirley Fischler and John Henderson. Introductions by Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden and actor Jerry Stiller. First edition [no additional printings listed on copyright page]. An anecdotal history of Brooklyn trolleys during the early 2oth century. No previous ownership marks. Incidental wear to outer joints and very bottom edge from use, else a clean, square, fresh and unmarked copy. Very good or better.