A Brief Description of New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Brief Description of New York write by Daniel Denton. This book was released on 1845. A Brief Description of New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
A History of New York in 101 Objects
A History of New York in 101 Objects - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A History of New York in 101 Objects write by Sam Roberts. This book was released on 2014-09-23. A History of New York in 101 Objects available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “Delightfully surprising….A portable virtual museum…an entertaining stroll through the history of one of the world’s great cities” (Kirkus Reviews), told through 101 distinctive objects that span the history of New York, almost all reproduced in luscious, full color. Inspired by A History of the World in 100 Objects, Sam Roberts of The New York Times chose fifty objects that embody the narrative of New York for a feature article in the paper. Many more suggestions came from readers, and so Roberts has expanded the list to 101. Here are just a few of what this keepsake volume offers: -The Flushing Remonstrance, a 1657 petition for religious freedom that was a precursor to the First Amendment to the Constitution. -Beads from the African Burial Ground, 1700s. Slavery was legal in New York until 1827, although many free blacks lived in the city. The African Burial Ground closed in 1792 and was only recently rediscovered. -The bagel, early 1900s. The quintessential and undisputed New York food (excepting perhaps the pizza). -The Automat vending machine, 1912. Put a nickel in the slot and get a cup of coffee or a piece of pie. It was the early twentieth century version of fast food. -The “I Love NY” logo designed by Milton Glaser in 1977 for a campaign to increase tourism. Along with Saul Steinberg’s famous New Yorker cover depicting a New Yorker’s view of the world, it was perhaps the most famous and most frequently reproduced graphic symbol of the time. Unique, sometimes whimsical, always important, A History of New York in 101 Objects is a beautiful chronicle of the remarkable history of the Big Apple. “The story [Sam Roberts] is telling is that of New York, and he nails it” (Daily News, New York).
A Brief Description of New York
A Brief Description of New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Brief Description of New York write by Daniel Denton. This book was released on 1845. A Brief Description of New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Here is New York
Here is New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Here is New York write by E. B. White. This book was released on 2011-03-30. Here is New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. In the summer of 1948, E.B. White sat in a New York City hotel room and, sweltering in the heat, wrote a remarkable pristine essay, Here is New York. Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, the author’s stroll around Manhattan—with the reader arm-in-arm—remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America’s foremost literary figures. Here is New York has been chosen by The New York Times as one of the ten best books ever written about the city. The New Yorker calls it “the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.”
Wild City
Wild City - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Wild City write by Thomas Hynes. This book was released on 2020-05-26. Wild City available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An illustrated guide to 40 of the most well-known, surprising, notorious, mythical, and sublime non-human citizens of New York City, and love letter to its surprising ecological diversity. From refugee parrots and prodigal beavers to gorgeous Fifth Avenue hawks and vengeful groundhogs, Wild City tells the funny, quirky, and memorable stories of forty of New York City’s most surprising nonhuman citizens. This unconventional wildlife guide and concise environmental history of the Big Apple includes tales of the well-known, notorious, and legendary creatures who are as much New Yorkers as their human counterparts. A celebration of some of the city’s most surprising residents and a love letter to this always evolving metropolis, Wild City is an enchanting illustrated volume that is a must-have for every Big Apple devotee and animal lover.
