New York: The Big Apple Quote Book
Author:   Bob Blaisdell
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
ISBN:  

9780486478661


Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 June 2011
Format:   Paperback
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""""A jaunty sampler of aphorisms."""" - Sam Roberts, The New York Times""""A fun book and a good buy and much easier to slip in a pocket than an iPad."""" - Brooklyn Eagle Daily Love it or hate it, everyone has an opinion on New York! This compact gift book is packed with more than 500 pithy comments, compliments, and criticisms about the city that never sleeps. It features short quotes from Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Robert Benchley, Helen Hayes, Lenny Bruce, Jane Jacobs, Fiorello La Guardia, and hundreds of others concerning skyscrapers, subways, Broadway, and other aspects of Big Apple life.

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Author:   Bob Blaisdell
Publisher:   Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint:   Dover Publications Inc.
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 13.80cm
Weight:   0.302kg
ISBN:  

9780486478661


ISBN 10:   0486478661
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   24 June 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   No Longer Our Product
Availability:   Awaiting stock   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

"Introduction 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"

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Bob Blaisdell is professor of English at the City University of New York's Kingsborough Community College and the editor of twenty-two Dover literature and poetry collections.

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