Once Upon a Childhood Stories and Memories of American Youth

by Solomon, Barbara H.; Panetta, Eileen

• ISBN13: 9780451212962
• ISBN10: 0451212967
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-10-05
• Publisher: NAL Trade

Summary

An evocative anthology of writings from some of the most important voices in American literature offers a stunning portrait of American youth, in stories, essays, reminiscences, and more from Art Buchwald, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Alice Hoffman, Jack London, Tobias Wolff, Mary McCarthy, T. C. Boyle, Julia Alvarez, and others. Original.

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(22)
FICTION
Dorothy Allison
``Gospel Song''	23	(10)
Julia Alvarez
from How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
``Trespass''	33	(9)
Toni Cade Bambara
``Raymond's Run''	42	(7)
T. Coraghessan Boyle
``Rara Avis''	49	(4)
Willa Cather
``Paul's Case''	53	(15)
``The House on Mango Street''
from The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street	68	(1)
``Chanclas''	69	(1)
``The First Job''	70	(2)
Michael Cunningham
from A Home at the End of the World
``Bobby''	72	(13)
F. Scott Fitzgerald
``Bernice Bobs Her Hair''	85	(19)
Ernest Hemingway
``Indian Camp''	104	(4)
Katherine L. Hester
``Deadman's Float''	108	(14)
Alice Hoffman
``Flight''	122	(4)
David Leavitt
``Danny in Transit''	126	(14)
Jack London
``The Apostate''	140	(14)
Bharati Mukherjee
``Danny's Girls''	154	(9)
NONFICTION
Russell Baker
from Growing Up	163	(6)
Art Buchwald
from Leaving Home
``Flossie and the Marines''	169	(9)
Veronica Chambers
from Mama's Girl	178	(8)
Frank Conroy
from Stop-Time	186	(7)
Mary Crow Dog (With Richard Erdoes)
from Lakota Woman	193	(11)
Laura Shaine Cunningham
from A Place in the Country	204	(9)
Beverly Donofrio
from Riding in Cars with Boys	213	(8)
Ben Fong-Torres
from The Rice Room
``The Mai Fong''	221	(4)
``Route 66''	225	(7)
Warren Kliewer
``Testing the Memory: An Introduction''	232	(1)
``Pigeon Hunting''	233	(4)
``The Best Christmas Present Ever''	237	(6)
James McBride
from The Color of Water
``Black Power''	243	(8)
Mary McCarthy
from Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
``A Tin Butterfly''	251	(16)
Kate Simon
from Bronx Primitive
``The Movies and Other Schools''	267	(6)
``Coney and Gypsies''	273	(5)
Gary Soto
from Living up the Street
``Looking for Work''	278	(4)
``Deceit''	282	(3)
Piri Thomas
from Down These Mean Streets
``Alien Turf''	285	(10)
Rebecca Walker
from Black, White and Jewish	295	(5)
Tobias Wolff
from This Boy's Life	300