New York city books?
Dec. 12th, 2010 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
teaRandom request: does anyone know of any good books on the history of New York city? I'd like something that at least worked up to the near-present, though I don't mind if it starts from the beginning. I'm going to get to visit for the first time in the spring, and I find I get more out of traveling if I know more about the history of the places I'm visiting. It doesn't need to be rigorous academic history; I'm looking for a holiday read, too.
I'd totally accept fiction requests for novels that encompass the spirit of the city, too! Bonus points if its available as an ebook.
I'd totally accept fiction requests for novels that encompass the spirit of the city, too! Bonus points if its available as an ebook.
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Date: 2010-12-12 09:56 pm (UTC)http://www.powells.com/biblio/2-9780375709685-3
EB White was a brilliant essayist. I'd reccomend this for that reason alone and here he's writing about a particular time in NY.
http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=1892145022
Oh, 'Motherless Brooklyn' is a great fiction read.
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