A Bay Ridge Life (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Bob Lane | knygos.lt

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A "BAY RIDGE LIFE" IS THE STORY OF THE FIRST- BORN MALE OFFSPRING OF TWO YOUNG PARENTS FROM AMERICA'S "GREATEST GENERATION" LITTLE BOBBY LANE WAS WITNESS TO WHAT WAS UNDOUBTEDLY THE BOROUGH OF BROOKLYN'S "GOLDEN AGE" IT INCLUDED WORLD WAR II, THE ATOMIC BOMB, THE HEYDAY OF THE BROOKLYN DODGERS, THE PLANTING OF THE SEEDS OF CIVIL RIGHTS, THE TWILIGHT OF NETWORK RADIO, THE DAWN OF TELEVISION, THE "COLD WAR" AND THE ELIMINATION OF THE SCOURGE OF POLIO. THEY ALL PASSED BEFORE HIS BABY BLUE EYES. BACK THEN, MOST THINGS MADE SENSE. GOOD WAS GOOD, BAD WAS BAD AND ALMOST EVERYBODY KNEW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO. SO SIGN ON TO BOB'S "ODYSSEY" AND RETURN AGAIN TO THOSE "THRILLING DAYS OF YESTERYEAR", RE-LIVING HIS JOURNEY INTO THE FUTURE WE KNOW TODAY. ENJOY THE TRIP, HE SURE HAS! BORN AND BRED IN BAY RIDGE AND A LIFE LONG HOCKEY AND BASEBALL FAN/ATHLETE, BOB TOOK OVER 15 YEARS TO RECOUNT HIS LIFE AND TIMES. HE WORKED IN THE COMPUTER FIELD FOR THIRTY YEARS AND HE SPENT THE NEXT 20 SERVING AS A TEACHERS AIDE HELPING HANDICAPPED CHILDREN. BOB LIVES ON LONG ISLAND WITH HIS WIFE, GAIL, AND HAS TWO CHILDREN AND SIX GRANDCHILDREN.