Manhattan at Mid-Century: An Oral History

Frommer, Myrna Katz; Frommer, Harvey

ISBN 10: 1589799054 ISBN 13: 9781589799059

Verlag: Taylor Trade Publishing, 2013

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Nobody knows the Big Apple better than real New Yorkers. This book weaves the stories of city dwellers into a nostalgic panorama of Manhattan as it was from the post-World War II years through the mid-1970s. New Yorkers recall the days of jazz music, five-and-dimes, and Friday night boxing at Madison Square Garden. Kids born and bred in NYC-from Harlem to the Lower East Side-recount their tales in this ode to the city they love. * Reminisce *

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Experience the mosaic of mid-century Manhattan in this exuberant oral history. This is a snapshot of a time when ocean liners regularly docked in the Hudson River ports, Checker cabs hurtled across a two-way Fifth Avenue, and the Third Avenue El cast long shadows onto the street below. Includes interviews with Jimmy Breslin, Bill Gallo, Elaine Kaufman, Hilton Kramer, Robert Merrill, Saul Zabar, and many others.

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• Verlag: Taylor Trade Publishing
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1589799054
• ISBN 13: 9781589799059
• Einband: Rústica
• Anzahl der Seiten: 320