Author Description

<p>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.</p>