“1063” is a collection of 46 interwoven short stories as seen through the eyes of a boy growing up in the 1950s and 1960s in the village of New Hyde Park, NY, a Long Island suburb. The stories describe a much simpler time in America, as he learns to understand and negotiate with the adult-powered world, beginning with his immediate family, freshly arrived from Queens, NY. Perched on his red tricycle, he attempts to make sense of the “little red smoking vehicle,” noisily cruising on his street, pushing out puffs of threatening, gray smoke.