BRIDGE TO BROOKLYN

by Albert Idell ‧ RELEASE DATE: Nov. 6, 1944

A sequel to Centennial Summer and more of the same, though this time the scene shifts to Brooklyn where bluff Jesse Rogers has secured a post connected with the construction of Brooklyn Bridge. The family is as tempestuous as ever:- Zonio, beautiful eldest daughter, is rapidly growing spinsterish, despite her mother's frantic in the Family Bible -- and she sees her once discarded suitor turning to the younger and lovely Georgina, who has more than a spice of the modern in her. Henry, Georgina's twin, is also growing up (with the aid of a whisker elixir) -- and falls in love with the daughter of a barge captain, only to lose her tragically. The story goes round and round -- replete with stage properties which may have nostalgic fascination for our parents and grandparents, but which for the modern generation seem overplayed. The period is incredibly mid-Victorian, corected, skirted and bloomered bathing beauties; closely chaperoned maidens; the rumblings of labor troubles; incredulity over the budding age of speed and light and power; wages at $1 a week -- with stable boy for bedding down in hay -- and, generously, his food. The plot is tenduous -- the characters are real enough -- but it isn't as appealing as the earlier book.

Pub Date: Nov. 6, 1944

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Holt

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Nov. 1, 1944

Categories: FICTION