New York Diaries: 1609 To 2009 |
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| Editor:
| Carpenter, Teresa |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8129-7425-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2012 |
| Publisher: | Random House Publishing Group
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| Imprint: | Modern Library |
| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $18.00 |
Book Description:
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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...
More DescriptionNew 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.
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"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
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Includes diary excerpts from Sherwood Anderson * Albert Camus * Noël 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 *nbsp;and many others
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"The most convivial and unorthodox history of New York City one is likely to come across."--The New York Times
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"A must-read for anyone who has fallen in love with the Big Apple."--New York Journal of Books
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"An absolute masterpiece."--The Atlantic