Chapters in My Climb to the Top of the Bottom

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