Speaking of Atlantic City : Recollections & Memories.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bodoff, Janet Robinson.

Contributor:

Toscano, Leesa.

Series:

American Chronicles

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Atlantic City (N.J.)--Anecdotes.

Atlantic City (N.J.)--Social life and customs--20th century.

Atlantic City (N.J.)--Poetry.

Atlantic City (N.J.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (169 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2022.

Summary:

For over one hundred years people have been coming to Atlantic City to swim in the ocean, walk on the boardwalk, and get away from their day-to-day lives..... Return to the halcyon days of the sand and sun as local writers and long-time locals present stories from Atlantic City's heartwarming past.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title Page

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

1. Born to the Restaurant Business, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

2. Arrivals, by Turiya S.A. Raheem

3. Caught in the Storm, by Suzanne Koiro

4. The Mermaid by the Inlet, by I.R. Cartagena

5. Snow on the Beach, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

6. The Atlantic City Beach, by Leesa Toscano

7. A Palace of Wisdom, by Bob Levin

8. Dry Cleaning the Past: Atlantic City Tailor Shop, by Shelley Andress Cohen

9. Miss America Blossoms, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

10. The Taste of Atlantic City, by Morgan Mulloy

11. Boardwalk, by Gail Fishman Gerwin

12. Rhythms of an Island, by Pat Hanahoe-Dosch

13. The Invasion, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

14. Hi-Hat Joes: Teenage Heaven, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

15. Seventeen and Kissed at the Steel Pier, by Lucy Jerue

16. Submarine Races, by Shelley Andress Cohen

17. Atlantic City Luck, by Enid Shomer

18. The Way Back to Shelter 1: Code Blue, by Richard K. Weems

19. The Way Back to Shelter 2: Talking with Angels, by Richard K. Weems

20. The Hotel on St. James Place, by Molly Golubcow

21. Lost and Found in Atlantic City, by Sandy Warren

22. Beach Days, by Robbi Nestor

23. Atlantic City, by Elinor Mattern

24. Skinny D'Amato's Clock, by Molly Golubcow

25. My Senior Year, by Leesa Toscano

26. CW Sweets, by Leesa Toscano

27. I Worked at Resorts: Me and Strolling Entertainers, by Leesa Toscano

28. Peter Frampton at Resorts in the 1980s, by Leesa Toscano

29. Sammy Wise, by Bob Ingram

30. Trumped, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

31. New York Avenue in the '70s, by Janet Robinson Bodoff

32. My Lost City, by Barry Levy

33. We Can Get There in an Hour, by Jessy Randall

34. I Want to Go to the Casino, by Phyllis Rita Cinquino.

35. Leaving Atlantic City, by Emari DiGiorgio

36. Reflection (Atlantic City), by Nicole Warchol

37. Violence: Prince Naseem v. Wayne McCollough (October 31, 1998), by Richard K. Weems

38. Summer Arrives and So Do the Shoobies, by Meryl Baer

39. The End of Summer in Atlantic City, by Pat Hanahoe-Dosch

40. The People on the Bus, by Meryl Baer

41. Pretend Boyfriend, by Laryssa Wirstiuk

42. A Shore Town's Soliloquy, by Shelley Andress Cohen

43. When Your Father's a Gambler, You Go to Atlantic City, by Nicole Warchol

44. Ghosts of Atlantic City, by Puneet Dutt

About the Editors.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Bodoff, Janet Robinson Speaking of Atlantic City

ISBN:

9781439676349

1439676348

OCLC:

1347023156