New York City Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs--Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond
by Federal Writers Project
American Guide Series
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Originally published in 1939 at the time of the World's Fair, this is a reissue of this guide for time-travellers. It offers New York-lovers and 1930s-buffs a look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost only a few cents, a room at the Plaza was $7.50, Dodger fans flocked to Ebbetts Field, and the new World's Fair was the talk of the town. The New York of 1939 was a city where adventures began under the clock at the Biltmore, the big liners sailed at midnight, and Times show more Square was considered the crossroads of the world. show lessTags
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I once had this book checked out for nearly six months (I found it deep in the stacks, and nobody had checked it out for DECADES, so I didn't mind using the power of a faculty-staff library card to check it out for a month at a time) and used to just pick it up and read a section from time to time. For some reason I've been thinking of it again over the last couple of days, and wish I had it around.
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- Canonical title
- New York City Guide: A Comprehensive Guide to the Five Boroughs--Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Richmond
- Original publication date
- 1939
- Important places
- New York, New York, USA
- Original language
- English
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- Genres
- Travel, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 917.47 — History & geography Geography & travel Geography of and travel in North America Northeastern U.S. New York State
- LCC
- F128.18 .N375 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New York
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 6
- ASINs
- 5
