ASIN: B00KOA24QY
Publisher: Rene' Abril
Pages: 212
The racy tale of an immigrant boy growing up on the tough streets of a major city. Born on the Caribbean’s Pearl of the Greater Antilles, the island of Cuba. In 1961, at the age of seven, Ricky’s family emigrates to the United States. Settling down in Newark, New Jersey’s predominantly Italian North Ward. Attending Our Lady of Good Counsel School beginning the fourth grade. He is easily addicted to television watching Humphrey Bogart styled gangster movies. Characteristically fearing little, the quick-witted boy learns Bogey’s insurance game. Following his idol’s paths, he is soon running an insurance swindle of his own. Small in stature yet a keen fighter able to beat up, by student estimates, 90% of the other boys. Frankly, due to his small size, Ricky is exhausted from beating up the endless line of antagonists that continually challenged him. Anyway, proving his toughness was not ...
