Growing Up Poor and Lucky in New York City: A Brooklyn/Queens Success Story

Tom Herbert pays homage to a colorful time in New York City's history--the 1950s to 1970s, when he grew up in Brooklyn and Queens. His tell-all stories span the era's cars, crimes, jobs, tenements, trends, schools, and street life. They celebrate a time when the American Dream thrived and anything seemed possible for an inner-city Irish kid.

About the Author
Herbert, Tom: - Tom Herbert has enjoyed a top-level sales career at UARCO and Staples, where he now directs field sales for the corporate strategic accounts division. He graduated Brooklyn College with an English degree and still keeps Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass" on his nightstand. Herbert lives in Doylestown, Pennsylvania with his wife, Carmela, and his dog, Madison Marie. His children, TJ and Juliet, are grown.