Song of Brooklyn: An Oral History of America's Favorite Borough
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- Synopsis
- A captivating oral portrait of America's favorite borough, in the words of those who know Brooklyn best -- Mel Brooks, Spike Lee, Arthur Miller, Joan Rivers, Norman Mailer, Cousin Brucie, Maria Bartiromo, Pete Hamill, and many other current and former inhabitants. Gathers the oral testimony of 100 Brooklynites past and present, famous and unknown, about a mythic borough that is also an indisputably real place. They speak eloquently of what it was like back then, when the Dodgers played in Ebbets Field; later, when the borough fell on hard times; and now, when it has come back on the tracks of a real-estate boom, giving it celebrity chic and hipster cred. The story of Brooklyn is one of the great and still ongoing chapters of the American urban experience.
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9780767929998
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780767920148
- Publisher:
- Broadway Books
- Date of Addition:
- 10/07/13
- Copyrighted By:
- Marc Eliot
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Social Studies
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.