Boston boy
by Nat Hentoff
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In his memoir, this iconoclastic writer on civil liberties, politics, and jazz, recalls what it was like growing up Jewish in Boston in the 1930s and 40s, shaped both by the ghetto and his indomitable desire for more. The reader follows him through his Roxbury neighborhood, witnessing as he organizes a successful strike at Sunday's Candies (the most coveted place of employment for Roxbury boys), gets booted out of Hebrew school (but bar mitzvahs nonetheless), and gets caught among gangs of "Irishers" beating up on "Yids." He goes on to graduate from Boston Latin School, work as an investigative reporter, and host his own radio jazz program, which leads him to Boston's hottest jazz club, the Savoy Cafe. It's here that he meets the black musicians and jazz aficionados that would become his mentors, in life as well as music.-Derived from book jacket.
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Social life and customs, History and criticism, Jews, Intellectual life, Jazz, American Authors, Youth, Homes and haunts, Ethnic relations, Music critics, History, Childhood and youth, Biography, Journalists, Musicians, biography, Homes, Manners and customs, Journalists, biographyPeople
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Boston boy: growing up with jazz and other rebellious passions
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"Boston Boy is Nat Hentoff's memoir of growing up in the Roxbury section of Boston in the 1930s and 40s. As he grapples with anti-Semitism, he develops a passion for outspoken journalism and First Amendment freedom of speech. He discovers his love of jazz and gets to know the great jazz artists of the day, Duke Ellington and Lester Young among others."--BOOK JACKET.
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