Eye from the Edge brings you to an American melting pot with sizzle and swing. In the wartime 1940s the Oakland Port waved farewell to soldiers and sailors and welcomed laborers for the rail yards and the shipyards located at the edge of our North American continent. Streetcars, motorcycles, city slickers and shoppers mix with music and aromas while a group of boys cycle along the edge of the San Francisco Bay. Read about this multiculture-rich neighborhood; dance the salsa and swing; meet Pedro infante, or Guadalupe Carlos in La Ideal Music Shop on Seventh St. See the big hearts of boxers like Carl Bobo Olson and the early church leaders like Father Philipps at St. Mary's. Read what Ruben hears in his dad's barbershop while he shines shoes. Follow him through a retail business career and a successful marriage (which his wife Anita helps describe). Read of music that brings the young people together, no matter their heritage. Picture the Mexican territory that Ruben's parents left...

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