Down Second AvenueAnchor Books, 1971 - 210 pages |
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Page 23
... Marabastad stands . Other- wise , the location seemed to be the property of the police . Farther into the location , dirty water and flies and dead cats and dogs and children's stools owned the streets . Marabastad wasn't fenced in as ...
... Marabastad stands . Other- wise , the location seemed to be the property of the police . Farther into the location , dirty water and flies and dead cats and dogs and children's stools owned the streets . Marabastad wasn't fenced in as ...
Page 139
... Marabastad was to move . The location on the other side of the river had already dissolved . The Berlin Lutheran Mission there had collected money from the residents to buy the piece of land adjoining the poor white section of the town ...
... Marabastad was to move . The location on the other side of the river had already dissolved . The Berlin Lutheran Mission there had collected money from the residents to buy the piece of land adjoining the poor white section of the town ...
Page 192
... Marabastad . Saturday night is the same as it was twenty - five years ago in Marabastad minus the ten - to - ten bell because now the curfew law is only for the city and suburbs to protect a frightened and neurotic white population ...
... Marabastad . Saturday night is the same as it was twenty - five years ago in Marabastad minus the ten - to - ten bell because now the curfew law is only for the city and suburbs to protect a frightened and neurotic white population ...
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