New York Times Book of New York: Stories of the People, the Streets, and the Life of the City Past and Present

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Synopsis
This unique volume uncovers the most fascinating and compelling stories from The New York Times about the city the paper calls home.More than 200 articles and an abundance of photographs, illustrations, maps, and graphs from the preeminent newspaper in the world take a look at the history and personality of the world's most influential city. Read firsthand accounts of the subway opening in 1904 and the day the Metrocard was introduced; the fall of Tammany Hall and recurring corruption in city politics; the Son of Sam murders; jazz clubs in the 1920s and legendary performances at the Fillmore East; baseball's Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier at Brooklyn's storied Ebbets Field in 1947; the 1977 and 2004 blackouts; the openings and closings of the city's most beloved restaurants; and much more. Not just a historical account, this is a fascinating, sometimes funny, and often moving look at how people in New York live, eat, travel, mourn, fight, love, and celebrate.Organized by theme, the book includes original writings on all topics related to city life, including art, architecture, transportation, politics, neighborhoods, people, sports, business, food, and more. Includes articles from such well-known Times writers as Meyer Berger, Gay Talese, Anna Quindlen, Israel Shenker, Brooks Atkinson, Frank Rich, Ada Louise Huxtable, John Kieran, Russell Baker, and more. Special contributors who have written about New York for the Times include Paul Auster, Woody Allen, and E.B. White, among others.
Copyright:
2009

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
463 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781603763691
Related ISBNs:
9781579128012
Publisher:
Hachette Books Ireland
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Anna Quindlen, The New York Times, James Barron, Mitchel Levitas
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Travel
Submitted By:
Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
James Barron
Introduction by:
Anna Quindlen

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