Memoir of a Perfect Boyhood

A charming account of the apprenticeship of an eager, impressionable boy, it begins in a crumbling neighborhood of Philadelphia and ends as he heads off to graduate school. Curious, footloose and at first obsessed with sports, we learn about his loving family and friends, his passage on the streets, his school life, his early jobs as a boy soprano, a dishwasher, and a camp counselor, his college rite of passage, and his entry "career" job as a milkman. From a commonplace existence in the inner-city to the boundless riches of the arts, public affairs and ideas, the world opened up and swallowed him, to his complete delight. Illustrated with many black and white photos.