| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xviii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294). |
| Contents |
Coney Island -- Sheepshead Bay -- Music -- Dem bums and other assorted sports -- The way we were and weren't -- Literary Brooklyn -- The nabes -- On the waterfront -- Whaddya got to eat? -- Politics and poker -- Back to the future. |
| Summary |
Gathers the oral testimony of nearly one hundred Brooklynites past and present, famous and unknown, about a mythic borough that is also an indisputably real place. These witnesses speak eloquently of what it was like back then, when the Dodgers played in Ebbets Field; later, when the borough fell on hard times; and now, when it has come roaring back on the tracks of a real-estate boom, giving it celebrity chic and hipster cred. With this surprising and inspiring renaissance in full swing, the story of Brooklyn is one of the great and still ongoing chapters of the American urban experience, and this book sings that tune in pitch-perfect key.--From publisher description. |
| Subject |
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Oral history -- New York (State) -- New York.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs -- Anecdotes.
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New York (N.Y.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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Celebrities -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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| ISBN |
9780767920148 |
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0767920147 |
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