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Jackson: Univ. of Mississippi Press, 1990. 1st printing of 1st edition. A clean fine hard cover book in fine dust jacket. The world famous microbiologist came from a Russian Jewish immigrant family which eked out a living in Harlem.

Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippe, 1990. 1st ptg.. hardcover. Book: Very Good/DJ: Very Good. 8vo.. 116 pp. 6 1/4 x 9 1/4. Black cloth covered boards, stamped in gold on spine. Black glossy dj. No damage or markings noted.

J�a�c�k�s�o�n�,� �M�S:: U�n�i�v�e�r�s�i�t�y� �P�r�e�s�s� �o�f� �M�i�s�s�i�s�s�i�p�p�i�,, (1990.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A memoir of growing up during the 1930s in a Jewish ghetto inside the larger African American ghetto of �H�a�r�l�e�m�. Born with a severe cleft palate, much of Horowitz's boyhood was spent in the hospital undergoing one re-constructive surgery after another. The streets taught survival - numbers-running and ticket-scalping were a source of cash for Horowitz; turf wars and muggings were commonplace - while regular visits with his sister to the Apollo theater nutured a love of music, and Central Park at night was a magical place. Photographs. 116 pp.