Son of a Smaller Hero (2002)
“The shrill blue sky was without clouds or depth. Those birds that had anticipated the oncoming winter filled and fluttered in the blue blackly; lots of twittering, swooping arrows, bound south. Trees postured limply, their leaves yellowing, on both sides of the street. An angering, ubiquitous sun ricocheted off black sedans and sweltering faces and mushy asphalt. Many a frazzled flower yearned for the shade of red-brick walls or balconies in the occasional parched garden of City Hall Street. Th...e crowd of mourners gathered there that morning was estimated at “more than a thousand” in the afternoon edition of the Star. The Gazette, however, claimed 1,500 mourners several hours later, and the Herald, appearing the following morning, began its story with “Nearly two thousand Jews …” Anyway, there was quite a crowd. Lots of the hoi-polloi but a few important people too. Take – for instance – Buddy Gross of 20th Century Promotions, who had been responsible for the splash of full-page memorial advertisements in all the newspapers.MoreLess
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