Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Brooklyn Minority Report: 'She Thought the Russians Was Coming'

An Esquire essay on juvenile delinquency. The first half of the title was Esquire's, not Mailer's.

“Brooklyn Minority Report: ‘She Thought the Russians Was Coming.’” Esquire, June 1960, 129, 137. Essay on juvenile delinquency.

Rpt: Dissent 8 (summer 1961), 408–12; and 63.37 — the latter without the first half of the title, which was Esquire’s and not Mailer’s.

First published: 1960-06
Form: essay
Lennon & Lennon: 60.5
Cite as: /works/1960-06-brooklyn-minority-report
Last updated: 2026-05-25