Biggest City in America: A Fifties Boyhood in Ohio

by Richard B. Schwartz

Book Overview

In a series of stories drawn from his own experiences coming of age during the 1950s, Richard B. Schwartz revisits his boyhood in southern Ohio. His memories of adolescence bring back the birth of rock and roll, the rigors and absurdities of religion and parochial schools, trials of little league baseball, grueling summer construction work and caddying jobs, the thin pleasure of 3.2% beer, drag racing lore, and, of course, the youthful discovery of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 188483650X
• ISBN13: 9781884836503
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: University of Akron Press
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"