A Different Kind of Success Story

The story vividly reflects character traits that have contributed to their successes and helped them overcome obstacles. It shows genuine feelings for each other, recounts poignant memories of their early lifestyle, informs as to how their successes have impacted on wives, children, parents and others and tells how they see their futures developing.

This book reveals much about human relationships and also evidences the effect on the Boys' growth of environment, education, recreation, religion, societal and social pressures, family and peers. It captures important aspects of their development, such as competition engendered by street games, reunions, role models and career, personal and educational choices. Readers will be able to gain an insight into urban life of a bygone era in terms of values, support systems, opportunities and obstacles to success. This story also suggests how we can recapture some of these values and resources for current and future generations.

Holland Avenue in the Bronx, New York may have been like thousands of other streets in New York City in the 1940s and 1950s. But some of its former residents have forged a rare bond and lived the good life for more than six decades. Their individual successes are not so different from millions of other big city natives. However, how they achieved these successes and the ties that among such a large group have endured and flourished over such a long period of time make this a compelling, revealing and instructive story.

The Bronx Times said about the Holland Avenue Boys’ story, " It is a revealing portrait with ups and downs, heartbreak and hardship, camaraderie and conflict, joy and passion, love and reverence for a bygone era and spanning more than (60) years."

It is a piece of history that reaches across generational lines.

The book is based on the acclaimed film of the same name. (www.A1documentaries.com)

A Teachers-Facilitators Guide, Pointers for Parents, Friendship Poem and the Boys’ Creed are included in the book.
The Holland Avenue Boys: A Success Story
by Howard E. Fischer
Published by Sundog Ltd. Nashville, TN
ISBN 1-59744-059-0
Softcover, 176 pages with illustrations
Publication Date: September 2006
CONTACT: 212-579-0689
Email: info@HollandAvenueBoys.com