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 Amazon Kindle and Barnes and Noble Nook e-book downloading formats.
Contents
Chapter 1 “A Hammonton Childhood” 1
Chapter 2 “From Pennsy’ Back to Jersey” 9
Chapter 3 “New Friends at Edgewood High” 17
Chapter 4 “Cowtail Bar” 25
Chapter 5 “Downtown Hammonton” 35
Chapter 6 “The White Horse” 47
Chapter 7 “Winslow Junction” 59
Chapter 8 “The Gem” 71
Chapter 9 “A Wild Scavenger Hunt” 83
Chapter 10 “Speeding Around” 97
Chapter 11 “The Bowling Ball Caper” 109
Chapter 12 “Vineland versus Hammonton” 121
Chapter 13 “Trouble on the Home Front” 131
Chapter 14 “The Boatnecks” 141
Chapter 15 “Dead Man’s Curve” 149
Chapter 16 “The Jersey Devil Affair” 159
Chapter 17 “The Watermelon Express” 171
Chapter 18 “Blueberry Hill” 179
Chapter 19 “Goose’s Gambol” 193
Chapter 20 “The Reds’ Initiation” 201
Chapter 21 “The Atsion Lake Olympics” 211
Chapter 22 “Deceived and Tricked” 219
Chapter 23 “Anchor’s Aweigh, Bombs Away” 229
Chapter 24 “Bowlarama Madness” 237
Chapter 25 “Mirror, Mirror on the Trestle” 247
Chapter 26 “A Tale of Two Drive-ins” 257
Chapter 27 “The Marvelons” 271
Chapter 28 “The Poloroid Camera” 281
Chapter 29 “The Steel Pier Excursion” 289
Chapter 30 “An Unfortunate Pedestrian” 297
Chapter 31 “Goose Gets Outsmarted” 307
Chapter 32 “Rodders’ & Blues on the Rampage” 315
Chapter 33 “The Mullica River” 325
Chapter 34 “Dual Indignities” 337
Chapter 35 “Donkeys and Pigs” 343
Chapter 36 “The Swimming Pool Fiasco” 353
Chapter 37 “The Summer Carnival” 361
Chapter 38 “ Mausoleum Messes” 371
Chapter 39 “Uncle Clyde’s Place” 383
Chapter 40 “The Seafood Brigade” 395
Chapter 41 “Marbles and Bowling Balls” 401
Chapter 42 “The War Council” 413
Chapter 43 “The Water Tower Contest” 423
Chapter 44 “Tuckahoe Turf Farm” 429
Chapter 45 “Then and Now” 437
Chapter 46 “Harrah’s, Atlantic City” 443
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