Stories from the Stoop

“These seven unforgettable true-life adventure stories are sometimes humorous, often gritty, but never grim. A boy’s life experienced from the stoop, a small piece of real estate, made of dreams, granite and memories, his window onto and into the world.

It was Steve Bernstein’s fortuitous and profound friendships which crossed boundaries of race, gender, religion and even species that enabled him to navigate these tumultuous times. Without his dog, Wolf, Steve would not have survived the wrat...