NEW YORK

by Gay Talese ‧ RELEASE DATE: N/A

The subtitle A 's Journey in well applied to this muster of the unusual, strange, unknown, forgotten, unnoticed, and usually off beat wonders of this city for there is much, when discovered, that will astound. In the miscellany are pushcart makers, divers, ""Mr. Washington"", court buffs, shoe shine boys, the last free bath house, the army of cleaning women whose bucket brigade takes over at night, book thieves, fortune tellers, marriage brokers, demolition gangs, cats of all kinds, eccentrics, bus drivers, the George Washington Bridge, tattooing, doormen, rainy days, the tallest man, the Howery, Riker's Island, etc., etc., etc.

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ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Harper

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: June 15, 1961

Categories: NONFICTION