Georgy Porgy: A Memoir

by George Evans

Entering the world backwards with a broken arm, the boy remained backwards, a left-handed runt known to the Chicago South Side bullies as Georgy Porgy of nursery-rhyme infamy.

It was not easy being left-handed in the 1930s and 1940s, as many left-handers from those days will attest. Parents were disappointed, and teachers were scornful, demonstrating their disdain with voice and ruler.

World War II was raging, and Chicago's South Side knew...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0595437230
• ISBN13: 9780595437238
• Release Date: March 2007
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"