Hi Don, Welcome home to NY-NY! And, thank you for your suggestions. How is it that anyone who ever lived here, mentions it? There is but one...but...on to books> ... My all time favorite = Pete Hamill's "Forever." Although the characters are not for reality television, the historical facts are accurate. Hamill deeply researched before writing this masterpiece. He succeeds with presenting a fascinating character who lives through the constraints of human time. It keeps the reader engaged, without merely dry historical facts. For shorter,accurate depictions of specific eras of NYC, I like: Jacob RIIS...How The Other Half Lives & Luc SANTE...Low Life Other expansive, important books, that you can read in sections are: "Gotham," "The WPA Guide to New York City," and "The New York Irish." Barb N of NYC sasebo.crypto@verizon.net writes: > "" and I would be interested in knowing what some of you think are good > history books on NYC. I have read two, and am about the read one called The > Hudson River, and don't think I can manage Gotham, due to its length, but > what has appealed to those of you who are up on NYC history? Sue"" > > Here are two more great books " The Island at the Center of the World" > Russel Shorto and "Native New Yorkers" Evan T Pritchard. > > Once you read them you will be hooked on NY books! The first book even tells > of the origination of some of the street names. The second book tells you > about the people that really made the streets. > > Don > A Native Native New Yorker in Oregon ************** Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
His book " How The Other Half Lives" is down loadable at Google Books. MIKE maurmike1@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: nynewyor-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:nynewyor-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of MizScarlettNY@aol.com Sent: Monday, September 08, 2008 4:28 PM To: nynewyor@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [NYNEWYOR] NYC books Hi Don, Welcome home to NY-NY! And, thank you for your suggestions. How is it that anyone who ever lived here, mentions it? There is but one...but...on to books> ... My all time favorite = Pete Hamill's "Forever." Although the characters are not for reality television, the historical facts are accurate. Hamill deeply researched before writing this masterpiece. He succeeds with presenting a fascinating character who lives through the constraints of human time. It keeps the reader engaged, without merely dry historical facts. For shorter,accurate depictions of specific eras of NYC, I like: Jacob RIIS...How The Other Half Lives & Luc SANTE...Low Life Other expansive, important books, that you can read in sections are: "Gotham," "The WPA Guide to New York City," and "The New York Irish." Barb N of NYC sasebo.crypto@verizon.net writes: > "" and I would be interested in knowing what some of you think are good > history books on NYC. I have read two, and am about the read one called The > Hudson River, and don't think I can manage Gotham, due to its length, but > what has appealed to those of you who are up on NYC history? Sue"" > > Here are two more great books " The Island at the Center of the World" > Russel Shorto and "Native New Yorkers" Evan T Pritchard. > > Once you read them you will be hooked on NY books! The first book even tells > of the origination of some of the street names. The second book tells you > about the people that really made the streets. > > Don > A Native Native New Yorker in Oregon ************** Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014) ************************************* Jim Garrity, List Administrator jimgarrity@earthlink.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NYNEWYOR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message