New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 (Modern Library Paperbacks)

New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 (Modern Library Paperbacks)

New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, sheâ€™s been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and batteredâ€”all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. 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. Starting on January 1 and continuing day by day through the year, these journal entries are selected from four centuries of writingâ€”revealing vivid and compelling snapshots of life in the Capital of the World.
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â€œToday I arrived by train in New York City . . . and instantly fell in love with it. Silently, inside myself, I yelled: I should have been born here!â€â€”Edward Robb Ellis, May 22, 1947
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Includes diary excerpts from Sherwood Anderson â€¢ Albert Camus â€¢ NoÃ«l Coward â€¢ Dorothy Day â€¢ John Dos Passos â€¢ Thomas Edison â€¢ Allen Ginsberg â€¢ Keith Haring â€¢ Henry Hudson â€¢ Anne Morrow Lindbergh â€¢ H. L. Mencken â€¢ John Cameron Mitchell â€¢ Julia Rosa Newberry â€¢ Eugene Oâ€™Neill â€¢ Edgar Allan Poe â€¢ Theodore Roosevelt â€¢ Elizabeth Cady Stanton â€¢ Alexis de Tocqueville â€¢ Mark Twain â€¢ Gertrude Vanderbilt â€¢ Andy Warhol â€¢ George Washington â€¢ Walt Whitman â€¢Â and many others
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â€œThe most convivial and unorthodox history of New York City one is likely to come across.â€â€”The New York Times
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â€œA must-read for anyone who has fallen in love with the Big Apple.â€â€”New York Journal of Books
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â€œAn absolute masterpiece.â€â€”The Atlantic
Country USA
Brand Modern Library
Manufacturer Random House Publishing Group
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 19473746
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2012-12-11
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780812974256

Country	USA
Brand	Modern Library
Manufacturer	Random House Publishing Group
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	19473746
Color	Multicolor
ReleaseDate	2012-12-11
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780812974256

New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009 (Modern Library Paperbacks)

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