With the same wit and perception that distinguished his stylish books on Paris, London, and Rome, M. Sasek pictures fabulous, big-hearted New York City in This Is New York, first published in 1960 and now updated for the 21st century. The Dutchman who bought the island of Manhattan from the Native Americnas in 1626 for twenty-four dollars' worth of handy housewares little knew that his was the biggest bargain in American history. For everything about New York is big -- the buildings, the traffic jams, the cars, the stories, the Sunday papers. Here is the Staten Island Ferry, the Statute of Liberty, MacDougal Alley in Greenwich Village, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Harlem, Chinatown, Central Park. The brass, the beauty, the magic, This Is New York!
| ISBN: | 9780789308849 |
| Publication date: | 30th May 2003 |
| Author: | M Sasek |
| Publisher: | Universe an imprint of Rizzoli |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 64 pages |
| Series: | This Is . . . |
| Genres: |
People / Places Children’s / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity |
With the same wit and perception that distinguished his stylish books on Paris, London, and Rome, M. Sasek pictures fabulous, big-hearted New York City in This Is New York, first published in 1960 and now updated for the 21st century. The Dutchman who bought the island of Manhattan from the Native Americnas in 1626 for twenty-four dollars' worth of handy housewares little knew that his was the biggest bargain in American history. For everything about New York is big -- the buildings, the traffic jams, the cars, the stories, the Sunday papers. Here is the Staten Island Ferry, the Statute of Liberty, MacDougal Alley in Greenwich Village, Times Square, Rockefeller Center, Harlem, Chinatown, Central Park.
This Is New York features in the following genres: People / Places, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Countries, cultures and national identity
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This Is New York was written by M Sasek and published by Universe an imprint of Rizzoli
This Is New York has 64 pages
Yes it is part of This Is . . . series
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