Irving Street & Other Hartford Memories

Memoir of growing up in Hartford, Connecticut's north end and Asylum Hill neighborhoods, circa 1943-1963. Chapters on: St.Joseph Cathedral School, The Hartford Circus Fire of 1944, Christmas Italiano, Sandlot Baseball, Irving Street, The Aborted Teen Gang War of 1955, Weaver High, The Lenox Theater, The Golden Age of Weaver Basketball: 1954-1957, End Times and Exodus. Also special sections detailing historical sites and addresses of famous northenders; Albany Avenue Businesses in 1955; and important Irving Street figures. Photos