New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009
New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 New York is a city like no other. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and…
Specifikacia New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009
New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009
New York is a city like no other. 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. 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.
"Today I arrived by train in New York City . . . 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. and instantly fell in love with it.
Silently, inside myself, I yelled: I should have been born here "--Edward Robb Ellis, May 22, 1947Includes diary excerpts