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N.Y.)Teddy Bears Fiction Brooklyn (New York Russian Americans Family Life Russian Jews United States Coming Of Age Juvenile Fiction Families Social Classes Children'S Fiction Homeless Persons New York (N.Y.)History Immigrants Jews

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United States New York (State)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York Brooklyn N.Y.) Brooklyn (New York

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20th century

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Brooklyn Bridge

In 1903 Brooklyn, fourteen-year-old Joseph Michtom's life changes for the worse when his parents, Russian immigrants, invent the teddy bear and turn their apartment into a factory, while nearby the glitter of Coney Island contrasts with the dismal lives of children dwelling under the Brooklyn Bridge.