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Brooklyn: People and Places, Past and Present
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Grace Glueck & Paul Gardner. |
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| Publisher |
Abrams |
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paperback
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| Product Dimensions |
11.75 x 9.1 x 0.75 inches
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| ISBN |
9780810991781 |
| Pages/Publication Date |
256/2004 |
| Daedalus Item Code |
00670 |
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It's been said that one out of every seven Americans was either born in Brooklyn, lived there, had relatives there, or got there by taking the wrong subway. This book of stories, sidebars, and 279 black and white photos is a spirited celebration of this feisty town and the personalities who have made it famous—Barbra Streisand, Henry Miller, Jimmy Breslin, Mae West, Truman Capote, Leo Durocher, Danny Kaye, Joan Sutherland, Woody Allen, and Richie Havens being just a few of them. This is also the story of a great metropolis, from its birth in the early 17th century to its peak (when immigrants and aristocrats rubbed elbows), from its 20th-century decline to its late renaissance.
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