Product Information
Love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion on New York. This compact gift book is packed with more than 1,000 pithy comments, compliments, and criticisms about The City That Never Sleeps. Short quotes by Walt Whitman, Calvin Trillin, Robert Benchley, Helen Hayes, Lenny Bruce, Fiorello La Guardia, and hundreds of others cover skyscrapers, subways, Broadway, and more.Product Identifiers
PublisherDover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-100486478661
ISBN-139780486478661
eBay Product ID (ePID)92392216
Product Key Features
Number of Pages256 Pages
Publication NameNew York : the Big Apple Quote Book
LanguageEnglish
SubjectUnited States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Quotations
Publication Year2011
TypeNot Available
AuthorBob Blaisdell
Subject AreaRéférence, History
SeriesNY City Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight10.5 Oz
Item Length5.5 in
Item Width5.6 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2011-010619
Dewey Edition22
Target AudienceTrade
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal974.7/1
Lc Classification NumberPn6084.N38n48 2011
Table of ContentIntroduction 1. I Love New York 2. I Hate New York 3. It's a Nice Place to Visit 4. That's History 5. Lady Liberty and Her "Huddled Masses" 6. The Melting Pot, Salad Bowl, Stir-Fry 7. The Shape of Things 8. Skyscraping New York 9. Customs, Manners, and Mannerisms 10. Money Talks 11. Leading Men 12. Law and Disorder 13. Subway Living 14. By Foot, By Wheel, By Air, By Water 15. The Natural World 16. Down and Hiding Out 17. Spoken Like a Native 18. A Taste of New York 19. Home and Harlem 20. Bright Lights, Fame, and Fashion 21. When Disaster Strikes 22. Across the Brooklyn Bridge 23. The Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island 24. I Miss New York References