When Brooklyn Was Heaven: A Memoir from Brooklyn to L.A. and Places In-Between

By Stan Levenson

When Brooklyn Was Heaven (A Memoir From Brooklyn to L.A. and Places In-Between ) By Stan Levenson, Ph.D. Who could have ever imagined Stan Levenson amounting to anything? He was poor and fatherless during the Great Depression and World War II. He had no academic aspirations and was a goof-off in one of the roughest vocational high schools in New York City. In this very funny and entertaining book of short stories, Levenson takes us on a loving and carefree thirty-year journey (1931-1961) through Brooklyn neighborhoods rich in history and culture, Coney Island, the Borscht Belt, small college towns in upstate New York, military duty in the U.S. Navy, relocation to the West Coast, and across the Atlantic to Europe, the Middle East, and back to L.A. Through sheer grit, determination, and chutzpah, Levenson attended college, earned advanced degrees including a Ph.D., and made an international name for himself. This book is a must-read for all those people who have a connection to Brooklyn, to others who are fascinated with this joyful place, and to all who are intrigued by the places in-between.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432769952
• ISBN13: 9781432769956
• Release Date: January 2011
• Publisher: Outskirts Press
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"