Author:
Hamill, Pete, 1935-
Imprint:New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2012.
Description:viii, 271 p. ; 22 cm.
Note:The Christmas kid -- The Price of love -- A Death in the family -- Wishes -- The Love of his life -- Good-bye -- Changing of the guard -- Footsteps -- A Poet long ago -- The Car -- Just the facts, ma'am -- 6-6-44 -- The Trial of Red Dano -- Leaving paradise -- Lullaby of Birdland -- The Boarder -- The Men in black raincoats -- The Radio doctor -- The Challenge -- A Hero of the war -- The Final score -- Gone -- You say tomato, and... -- 'S wonderful -- The Warrior's son -- The Second summer -- The Sunset pool -- The Lasting gift -- The Man with the blue guitar -- The Hitter bag -- Trouble -- The Home country -- The Waiting game -- The Home run -- Up the roof -- The Book signing.
Note:Never before collected in one volume, here are Pete Hamill's stories about Brooklyn, the borough in which he was born and grew up, and the one closest to his heart.
