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Just kids from the Bronx: telling it the way it was : an oral history
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New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2015.
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xxi, 310 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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Central
974.7275 A357 2015
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"'The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda's Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the place that bred the influencers in just about every field of endeavor today. Alda then arranged these pieces of the past, from looking for violets along the banks of the Bronx River to the wake-up calls from teachers who recognized potential, into one great collective story, a film-like portrait of the Bronx from the early twentieth century until today"--

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"'The vivid oral histories in Arlene Alda's Just Kids from the Bronx reveal what it was like to grow up in the place that bred the influencers in just about every field of endeavor today. Alda then arranged these pieces of the past, from looking for violets along the banks of the Bronx River to the wake-up calls from teachers who recognized potential, into one great collective story, a film-like portrait of the Bronx from the early twentieth century until today"--,Provided by publisher.
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Alda, A. (2015). Just kids from the Bronx: telling it the way it was : an oral history. First edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Alda, Arlene, 1933-. 2015. Just Kids From the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was : An Oral History. New York, Henry Holt and Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Alda, Arlene, 1933-, Just Kids From the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was : An Oral History. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

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Alda, Arlene. Just Kids From the Bronx: Telling It the Way It Was : An Oral History. First edition. New York, Henry Holt and Company, 2015.

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