Only in New York : An Exploration of the World's Most Fascinating, Frustrating, and Irrepressible City
(2019)
By:
Roberts, Sam
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Empire State Editions, 2019
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DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (303 pages)
ISBN/ISSN
9780823281084 MWT12442916, 0823281086 12442916
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A look at the places, personalities, and history that make New York one of a kind. Reporter Sam Roberts has covered the city in all its quirkiness, both in print and in his popular New York Times podcasts. In Only in New York, now updated with new stories, he writes about what makes this city tick and why things are the way they are in the greatest of all metropolises on earth. These essays cover topics such as: - -How New Yorkers react during disasters --Maritime history (the Hudson River) --Crowds, space, and population growth --The pooper scooper revolution --The Jewish Daily Forward --What happens when a neighborhood loses its tony ZIP code, and more
Mode of access: World Wide Web