New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she’s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered–all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble here an almost holographic view of this iconic metropolis. Starting on January 1 and continuing day by day through the year, these journal entries are selected from four centuries of writing–revealing vivid and compelling snapshots of life in the Capital of the World.
“Today I arrived by train in New York City . . . and instantly fell in love with it. Silently, inside myself, I yelled: I should have been born here “–Edward Robb Ellis, May 22, 1947 Includes diary excerpts from Sherwood Anderson – Albert Camus – No l Coward – Dorothy Day – John Dos Passos – Thomas Edison – Allen Ginsberg – Keith Haring – Henry Hudson – Anne Morrow Lindbergh – H. L. Mencken – John Cameron Mitchell – Julia Rosa Newberry – Eugene O’Neill – Edgar Allan Poe – Theodore Roosevelt – Elizabeth Cady Stanton – Alexis de Tocqueville – Mark Twain – Gertrude Vanderbilt – Andy Warhol – George Washington – Walt Whitman – and many others “The most convivial and unorthodox history of New York City one is likely to come across.”–The New York Times“A must-read for anyone who has fallen in love with the Big Apple.”–New York Journal of Books
“An absolute masterpiece.”–The Atlantic
Author: Teresa Carpenter
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 12/11/2012
Series: Modern Library Paperbacks
Pages: 512
Weight: 0.83lbs
Size: 8.02h x 5.23w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9780812974256
Language: English
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