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- 2006298035 abstract "This memoir is about Clancy Sigal's boyhood in Depression-era Chicago, then James Farrell and Nelson Algren territory. The author recounts his intense relationship with his mother Jennie, a sometime firebrand union organizer, and his roaring Oedipal rivalry with his mostly absent father Leo. Jennie is a single mother on welfare trying to raise a wild rebellious son in a twilight world between law and lawlessness. She is defiant, vulnerable, sexually alive, high stepping, man-loving, woman-friendly, wisecracking, fearlessly facing down hostile strikebreakers armed with shotguns and clubs. Along with the portrait of Jennie, this book tells a rollicking, profane and gritty tale of life on the streets, of stickball, riding the rails, delinquency, gangs--and what happens when a gang boy is mistakenly sent to an all-girls' high school.--From publisher description.".
- 2006298035 contributor B10497121.
- 2006298035 created "2006.".
- 2006298035 date "2006".
- 2006298035 date "2006.".
- 2006298035 dateCopyrighted "2006.".
- 2006298035 description "This memoir is about Clancy Sigal's boyhood in Depression-era Chicago, then James Farrell and Nelson Algren territory. The author recounts his intense relationship with his mother Jennie, a sometime firebrand union organizer, and his roaring Oedipal rivalry with his mostly absent father Leo. Jennie is a single mother on welfare trying to raise a wild rebellious son in a twilight world between law and lawlessness. She is defiant, vulnerable, sexually alive, high stepping, man-loving, woman-friendly, wisecracking, fearlessly facing down hostile strikebreakers armed with shotguns and clubs. Along with the portrait of Jennie, this book tells a rollicking, profane and gritty tale of life on the streets, of stickball, riding the rails, delinquency, gangs--and what happens when a gang boy is mistakenly sent to an all-girls' high school.--From publisher description.".
- 2006298035 extent "xiii, 289 p. :".
- 2006298035 identifier "0786717483".
- 2006298035 identifier "9780786717484".
- 2006298035 identifier 2006298035-d.html.
- 2006298035 identifier 2006298035-b.html.
- 2006298035 issued "2006".
- 2006298035 issued "2006.".
- 2006298035 language "eng".
- 2006298035 publisher "New York : Carroll & Graf ; [Berkeley, Calif.] : Distributed by Publishers Group West,".
- 2006298035 spatial "Illinois Chicago".
- 2006298035 spatial "Illinois Chicago.".
- 2006298035 subject "813/.54 22".
- 2006298035 subject "Authors, American 20th century Biography.".
- 2006298035 subject "Depressions 1929 Illinois Chicago.".
- 2006298035 subject "Jewish families Illinois Chicago Biography.".
- 2006298035 subject "Mothers and sons Illinois Chicago.".
- 2006298035 subject "PS3569.I4116 Z46 2006".
- 2006298035 subject "Persily, Jennie.".
- 2006298035 subject "Sigal, Clancy Childhood and youth.".
- 2006298035 title "A woman of uncertain character : the amorous and radical adventures of my mother Jennie (who always wanted to be a respectable Jewish mom) by her bastard son / Clancy Sigal.".
- 2006298035 type "text".