Going Back to Brooklyn: A Collection of Essays , Photos and Poetry in the Mid-Nineteen Hundreds

By Martin L. Blumberg

Martin L. Blumberg’s first book “ My Brooklyn, My Way,” released in January, 2020 at the start of the pandemic has received rave reviews and chosen #46 for being one of the best books written about Brooklyn. In his latest book, “Going Back To Brooklyn,” you would get the experience once again, of your fond childhood memories of that greatest era..

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669816539

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PREFACE

I was born on September 12, 1941, in a residential area of Brooklyn, New York, called Brownsville, Life was simple then and carefree. I was a happy child living in the best of times in a stress-free environment.

Looking back on my eighty years, I am able to reminisce about those early childhood years. I hope those times will never be forgotten. I experienced a childhood that was, for me, both inspiring and exciting. It was a time when I acquired my family values, which have enriched my life immeasurably. Hopefully, this book will help to inspire you to reminisce about your own childhood and relive those precious happy days.

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1997- Painting I drew of a Bungalow Ice Cream Truck

DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my three wonderful children, Stacey, Richard, and Felicia along with their spouses and my ten wonderful grandchildren. The love and pride they have given to my wife, Maxine, and me over the years will always be in our hearts. Our joys and life experiences would never have been as great and rewarding without them in our lives. I am thankful for the ability to share my childhood memories of a completely different era ...the mid-twentieth century.

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1956- Photos of my Classmates from Junior High School

ABOUT THE BOOK

I truly believe that this coffee-table book will reignite your old memories. It will remind you of your youth and those happy years growing up in Brooklyn. You’ll be able to reminisce about those carefree years you shared with your mom, dad, siblings, and friends.

These were the greatest times that should never be forgotten. In this book, I’ve included fifteen different nostalgic recollections in the form of short essays, poems, and photos that are bound to remind you of your childhood. Hopefully, you’ll reminisce about your family, the foods you ate, and the games you played while reading about the largest playground in the world––the streets of Brooklyn. I hope your grandchildren will appreciate these memories as well and acknowledge your experiences from your terrific childhood.

This era should never be forgotten; it must be carried on in memory so future generations can see how happy life was during those years with only the simpler things in life.

These memories should provide future generations with an understanding of how life can be enjoyable without the use of material objects like tablets, smartphones, and other electronics that we so depend on today.

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That’s me with my Howdy Doody Puppet

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I would like to thank my daughter Stacey Kushlefsky and an old-time friend Roger Elowitz, whom I’ve known since Amboy Street, for helping in editing this book.

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2022- Portugal - My Wife and I have Travelled to many

Places, but Brooklyn will Always be our Favorite

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Rock and Roll

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Coney Island

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Circa 1940s - Serenading in the Alleyways

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1946 - Practicing Johnny on the Pony

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1949 - My Friend David’s Sister Roberta Taking a Stroll down Amboy Street

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