Clifford Browder

New Yorkers

A Feisty People Who Will Unsettle, Madden, Amuse and Astonish You

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Clifford Browder's New Yorkers is the quirky memoir of a longtime resident who loves his city, a selective glance at that city's amazing history, and a bit of a travel book, all rolled into one. It's for people who love (or hate) the city, and people who have visited or want to visit it. Readers will learn• Who New Yorkers are and how they live and die• How many languages are spoken there (you'd be surprised)• How many witches there are (you'd be surprised)• Whose funeral caused an all-day riot• Why a cemetery offers trolley-car tours and whiskey tastings• How Fifth Avenue went from goats to grandeur• How your taxi driver may be a Tibetan, a… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-73337-820-8
EAN: 9781733378208
Produktnummer: 33513155
Verlag: Clifford Browder
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 352 S.
Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.8 cm 444 g
Abbildungen: Paperback
Gewicht: 444

Über den Autor

Dark Knowledge, the third novel in Clifford Browder's Metropolis series, tells how New York City was the center of the North Atlantic slave trade right up until the outbreak of the Civil War. To write it, Browder did extensive research at the New York Public Library and the library of the New York Historical Society, using primary sources whenever possible. Readers will come to know the sights and sounds and smells of the waterfront, the horrors of the slave ships and their crammed human cargo, the clever subterfuges with which those involved in the trade avoided exposure, and the violence of slave revolts. The Metropolis series includes two other historical novels, The Pleasuring of Men and Bill Hope: His Story. Browder has also published an award-winning selection of posts from his blog: No Place for Normal: New York. He has never owned a television or a car, barely tolerates the computer (the feeling is mutual). Lately he learned the Charleston; geezers rock.