Mr. All-Around by David Grzybowski

Posted by on Apr 14, 2020 in | Comments Off on Mr. All-Around by David Grzybowski Mr. All-Around The Life of Tom Gola by David Grzybowski Temple University Press, 208 pp., hardcover $27.95 As a college senior in 2013, David Grzybowski interviewed La Salle basketball legend Tom Gola in what would become the basis for Mr. All-Around. Over the next several years, Grzybowski spoke to many of Gola’s teammates and family members, resulting in a very straightforward biography of an...
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Philadelphia Thirtieth Ward, 1940-1960

Posted by on Nov 28, 2013 in | Comments Off on Philadelphia Thirtieth Ward, 1940-1960 When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, little did black residents in Philadelphia’s Thirtieth Ward suspect their neigh­borhood would change dramatically and commence a steady regression toward an economically depressed area.   I The ward’s grandest and most exciting days were achieved during the Second World War. The war placed money into the hands of...
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