Just Kids From the Bronx

THE KIDS

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PART ONE | FRESH AIR … A LUCKY BREAK

A. M. (“Abe”) Rosenthal

Mary Higgins Clark

Mildred S. Dresselhaus

George Shapiro and Howard West

Michael Brescia

Emanuel (“Manny”) Azenberg

I. C. (“Chuck”) Rapoport

PART TWO | I SAY IT’S THE TEACHERS … DESTINY

Robert F. Levine

Suzanne Braun Levine

Margaret M. O’Brien, S.C.

Julian Schlossberg

Rick Meyerowitz

Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR)

Millard (“Mickey”) S. Drexler

Andy Rosenzweig

Kenneth S. Davidson

Daniel Libeskind

Valerie Simpson

Robert F. X. Sillerman

PART THREE | ALL THE NEWS THAT FITS, WE PRINT … THE GIFT IN THE RIVER

Chazz Palminteri

Daniel (“Danny”) Hauben

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Melvin Glover (Grandmaster Melle Mel)

Jaime (“Jimmy”) Rodriguez Jr.

Luis A. Ubiñas

Sotero (“BG 183”) Ortiz, Wilfredo (“Bio”) Feliciano, and Hector (“Nicer”) Nazario (members of Tats Cru)

Carlos J. Serrano

Renee Hernandez

Jemina R. Bernard

Gabrielle Salvatto

Acknowledgments

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