Sam Levenson - In One Era and Out the Other - Pocket Books PB 1st PRINT 1974
$ 4.75
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Sam Levenson - In One Era and Out the Other - Pocket Books PB 1st PRINT 1974. " In One Era and Out the Other " by Sam Levenson - 1st PRINT Paperback - Published in 1974 by Pocket Books - 191 pages - Very good condition. Levenson does the New York shtik -- the bracing hard life ("We had a permissive father. ). " In One Era and Out the Other " by Sam Levenson - 1st PRINT Paperback - Published in 1974 by Pocket Books - 191 pages - Very good condition. Like Levenson the performer, Levenson the writer is gentle, sentimental and a hyperbolic storyteller, whose métier is a happy combination of Golden's Lower East Side nostalgia binges and Alan King's jovial assaults on contemporary idiocies of the new generation and its beleaguered parents. Levenson does the New York shtik -- the bracing hard life ("We had a permissive father. He permitted us to work"); culture and excursions ("Next time I take you anyplace I'm gonna leave you home"); commerce (butcher-bargaining vs. today's supermarket); food (things that melt in the mouth and harden in the stomach, "a delicate potato pancake could be reborn as a hockey puck"); love and marriage and death. Levenson's low-keyed style allows him to slip into both genial sermonizing and solemn matters with ease. A nice man and a nice book for the family circles with East Side ties. There is some minor edge wear (see the scan), and a reading crease on the spine but this book is in very good condition. No collection of Sam Levenson books is complete without this one. Check out the scan for the great photo of him on the cover and so you can judge the condition for yourself (unlike many other booksellers, who post generic scans, the book in my scan is the one you will get). You can try to buy this book for less money from one of those eBay booksellers with hundreds, if not thousands of negatives (you know the ones I refer to) and be lucky if the book is delivered to you in the stated condition (if you even get it at all), or you can buy it from me and be assured of a prompt delivery and of receiving an item true to the condition indicated. You won't be disappointed. All previous buyers of my humor books have been completely satisfied. I have many others available; please check my listings. The book will be sent via Media mail shipping in the USA. I will combine shipping to reduce charges for multiple items. If you purchase more than one item, please request an invoice for the appropriate combined shipping discount. See my auctions and my eBay store for hundreds of books and a wide variety of sports and non-sports collectibles. All items are packed with care to insure safe delivery. Please contact me if you have any questions. 5-31-26 -- 4.4
