{"product_id":"up-from-ocean-avenue-phil-balls-story-as-told-by-maxwell-klausner-paperback","title":"Up From Ocean Avenue: Phil Ball's story as told by Maxwell Klausner - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhil Ball\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaxwell Klausner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1935, Phil Ball's bankrupt father moved his family from the familiar Jewish world of Newark to the immigrant-rich melting pot of Jersey City, where the family would work and live inside a dimly-lit candy store. Just as his forebears fled the Shtetls of the Old Country for a new life in America, Phil would soon come to know a new world, full of varying tongues, complexions, and faiths. But through the trials of a Depression and a World War, young Phil kept his head up and his mind on the prize: Easy Street, a proverbial time and place his father believed was just around the corner. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Phil took his first steps into a post-war adulthood, he would be swept up by the grand sense of optimism that was coming to define America. Like so many of the first and second-generation kids from his old block, Phil would rise above his candy store roots to become his family's first college graduate, an animated salesman, and ultimately, a prosperous businessman-with no shortage of missteps along the way. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Phil's story, full of warts, humor, and self-reflection, isn't his alone. The spirit of his ancestors, the faith of his parents, and the chutzpah of his Jersey City crowd all play a role in this journey from Ocean Avenue to Easy Street (if there even is such a place).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48826018627832,"sku":"9798451442555","price":20.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0698\/5629\/7208\/files\/yIcsekdv5e9798451442555.webp?v=1780696230","url":"https:\/\/barneysbooksellers.com\/products\/up-from-ocean-avenue-phil-balls-story-as-told-by-maxwell-klausner-paperback","provider":"Barney's Book Sellers","version":"1.0","type":"link"}