Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gresham moved to New York as a child. Fascinated by Coney Island sideshows. Graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn in 1926. Worked various...
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Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Gresham moved to New York as a child. Fascinated by Coney Island sideshows. Graduated from Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn in 1926. Worked various jobs and was a folk singer in Greenwich Village.