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OverviewBorn in Cuba, Francisco Fernandez comes to America at the age of three. Seven years later, he finds himself a member of the Borscht Belt Bungalow Colony when his mother remarries a Jewish cop from Brooklyn. Love, laughter, music, jokes and thirty new relatives enter as Francisco becomes Frank Speiser, a Jewish Columbus traveling through a new world called Brooklyn. We meet his mysterious, dance-loving mother and try to understand why she left Cuba, never to return. We're taken to see the Brooklyn Dodgers, eat hot dogs at Nathan's, and ride the Cyclone at Coney Island. We're introduced to Frank Sinatra, Jimmy Durante and Nat King Cole at the Copacabana, the famous Manhattan nightclub where his mother is head wardrobe mistress. We become part of a wondrous magical place in Brooklyn inhabited by a memorable cast of characters of the fifties. And we absorb the warm memories that changed a boy's life - the smothering hugs and kisses, dancing the Rhumba, and eating lots of black beans and lox and bagels. Enjoy! ! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frank SpeiserPublisher: Taylor and Seale Publishers Imprint: Taylor and Seale Publishers Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.127kg ISBN: 9781943789061ISBN 10: 1943789061 Pages: 86 Publication Date: 02 January 2016 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |