Boathouse Days
Inwood-on-Hudson in the 1930s
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Book Details
About the Book
Boathouse Days is a collection of sketches assembled from the dual points of view of a boy growing up in a boathouse on the Hudson River in the Inwood of the1930s, and the mature writer portraying his experiences on a genre canvas in a space/time perspective. Here, he shows the rich and varied texture of life that grew out of the Great Depression in a geographically isolated section of northern Manhattan. The author weaves into his chronicle the heritage and geography of the community, the institutions of his day, and the people who were a part of his life. This little book illuminates a way of life that vanished after the second world war never to return—and here is where the story ends.
About the Author
The author, now a septuagenarian who now lives in Leesburg, Florida, is a retired teacher who taught junior and senior high school English in the public schools of New York City and New York State. While teaching in the Arlington School District near Poughkeepsie, New York, he published a high school textbook called Putting English to Work for Work. Following his retirement from public school teaching, he published articles for Popular Mechanics and several other periodicals. During this time, he continued to teach English as an adjunct lecturer in Marist College, Dutchess Community College, and in the prisons of New York State. Now in Florida, he continues his writing career as a screenwriter.