The following are the chapters in My Climb to the Top of the Bottom, the story of Sal Cataldo growing up in the Brooklyn Navy Yard neighborhood in the 1940s and early 1950s. A member of the Sand Street Angels, this book is about Sal’s formative years growing up in Brooklyn:
Chapter 1 – My Family
Chapter 2 – Father
Chapter 3 – 100 Gold Street
Chapter 4 – The Navy Yard
Chapter 5 – Growing Up
Chapter 6 – Puppy and Bubby
Chapter 7 – People & Places
Chapter 8 – Sand Street Angels
Chapter 9 – Turf
Chapter 10 – Protecting Our Neighborhood
Chapter 11 – Anchors Away
Chapter 12 – The Police
Chapter 13 – Wise Guys
Chapter 14 – Aunt Fanny and Mother
Chapter 15 – The Streets
Chapter 16 – Lee
Chapter 17 – Robert Moses
Chapter 18 – Leaving Town
Epilogue
To My Bride