Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales by Ian Lowell My rating: 5 of 5 stars Ian Lowell takes me has taken me back to my youth, growing up in New York City in the 50’s and 60’s, in his wonderful memoir “Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales”. Although I was in upper Manhattan and he was in … Continue reading “Son of Sam Was My Catcher and Other Bronx Tales” by Ian Lowell
1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale” In 1963 America was still innocent. World War II was well behind us. We had a young president with a fashionable wife and two lovely children. In spite of the Cuban Missile Crisis the country felt safe although travel and trade with Cuba are made “illegal”.Our president had avoided war and was negotiating peace with the … Continue reading 1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale”
In 1963 America was still innocent. World War II was well behind us. We had a young president with a fashionable wife and two lovely children. In spite of the Cuban Missile Crisis the country felt safe although travel and trade with Cuba are made “illegal”. Our president had avoided war and was negotiating peace with the USSR. The US signed the Nuclear Test Ban … Continue reading 1963 and “View From the Sixth Floor: An Oswald Tale”
On November 24, 1963 the United States was recovering from the assassination of her 35th President, John F. Kennedy. Two days earlier he had been gunned down on Elm Street in Dallas as he rode in an open top limousine. A so-called sniper’s nest was located on the sixth floor of a building on the route. A man who was employed at the Texas School … Continue reading Loss of Innocence
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