tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post868917646129597022..comments2023-10-26T09:58:01.275-04:00Comments on The Bowery Boys: New York City History: Summer Reading: Old New York styleThe Bowery Boys - Greghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15973633888975286268noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-88801393848389354422008-07-15T20:46:00.000-04:002008-07-15T20:46:00.000-04:00"Forever" by Pete Hamill. Robert Carson's three h..."Forever" by Pete Hamill. Robert Carson's three hundred years living on Manhattan island is fascinating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-72019609829049131302008-07-02T12:55:00.000-04:002008-07-02T12:55:00.000-04:00Of course no "Old New York" Reading List is comple...Of course no "Old New York" Reading List is complete without an Edith Wharton novel. I highly recommend "The House of Mirth," a novel centered on the pitfalls of upper crust womanhood in Victorian New York.mgmarvelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06905357537695105084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-37047455547220449202008-07-02T02:03:00.000-04:002008-07-02T02:03:00.000-04:00I've been reading Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin an...I've been reading Winter's Tale by Mark Helprin and it is wonderful. This story weaves in and out of fantastical, tall-tale legend storytelling, which takes place around the ominous city-machine of New York and several central figures sucked in by the cities gravity and mystery. Way cool.Forresthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18068406964586099969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5206380617235471991.post-12544537524946812872008-07-01T20:06:00.000-04:002008-07-01T20:06:00.000-04:00He didn't write fiction, but Joseph Mitchell's wri...He didn't write fiction, but Joseph Mitchell's writing about New York does the trick for me every time. So much to learn about gypsy palmreaders, the old fish market, drunks everywhere, the effect of raw oysters on horses (!) -- he covered it all, with marvelous style.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01634779051385085764noreply@blogger.com