"The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960 Novel" involves conflict between the Blues (sons of blueberry farmers) and the Reds (sons of peach growers) in a southern New Jersey agricultural community.
The setting for "The Great Teen Fruit War, A 1960 Novel" is Hammonton, New Jersey, an agricultural community located midway between Philadelphia, PA and Atlantic City, NJ. The Blues (sons of wealthy blueberry growers) wear blue denim' button-down waist-length jackets and the Reds (sons of proud peach farmers) wear James Dean' red zip-up jackets. Bellevue Avenue in the center of town marks the dividing line separating sandy-soil blueberry country to the east and dark-soil peach territory to the west. "The Great Teen Fruit War" is an action/adventure story for anyone that likes late '50s and early '60s American teen culture. The novel mixes elements of action, humor, drama,romance,conflict and racial tension into an action-packed saga loaded with suspense and surprises. Throw into the storyline the town greasers The Ramrodders, and events quickly heat-up as the three gangs struggle for turf dominance. When Goose Restuccio, the son of a Mafia kingpin joins the Reds, he challenges Gabe Gillette, the leader of the rich-kid Blues. Soon strife escalates into grave situations. Goose is captured by Blues and then forced to rape a black girl, and after Crystal Davis becomes pregnant, it becomes Crystal's friends and the Reds against a mean coalition of Blues and Ramrodders. "The Great Teen Fruit War" (Adult Literature) is the exciting sequel to "Black Leather and Blue Denim, A '50s Novel." The Great Teen Fruit War is now in Mobipocket download format. Fruit War is now available in hardcover edition at Amazon.com. The Great Teen Fruit War is now available in Adobe pdf and in Microsoft Reader at: http://www,cyberread.com/authors/dubya.asp
Excerpt
"Jesus Christ!" Goose impiously exclaimed. "There's gotta' be at least a thousand pounds of friggin' frozen blueberries sittin' in my new car!"
"I'll bet Gabe Gillette and his poker playin' buddies followed us here to Palace Diner from the Sons of Italy," Juice Illiani theorized. "Then Gillette and his punk friends went back and hauled these frozen berries over from his farm's cold storage and..."
"And then opened my door and dumped the freakin' fruit into my brand-new T-Bird!" Goose finished. "Sons of Italy' sons of bitches! Hey News, "Goose said, "could ya' sponsor another kid into the Reds?"
"Sure, who is he?" Tommy Tomasello asked.
"Me!" the livid vandalism victim answered.
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