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"My father, uncles, cousins, grandmother and mother worked in the mills," George says.
That was during the 1940s, in Roebling, N.J. And to George, one man stood above all others in a town full of tough men — his father.
"Every weekend, dad would drag me along everywhere he went," George says.
In particular, they would walk to a part of town known as The Row — named for the row of bars that lined the street.
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http://www.npr.org/2011/04/08/135188027/in-a-steel-town-a-father-who-defined-tough-love?sc=fb&cc=fp
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/08/135188027/in-a-steel-town-a-father-who-defined-tough-love?sc=fb&cc=fp)
"My father, uncles, cousins, grandmother and mother worked in the mills," George says.
That was during the 1940s, in Roebling, N.J. And to George, one man stood above all others in a town full of tough men — his father.
"Every weekend, dad would drag me along everywhere he went," George says.
In particular, they would walk to a part of town known as The Row — named for the row of bars that lined the street.
Read more here:
http://www.npr.org/2011/04/08/135188027/in-a-steel-town-a-father-who-defined-tough-love?sc=fb&cc=fp
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