Please recommend BOOKS about/set in NewYork

Posted by mark 
Just finished "Downtown" by Pete Hamill....excellent, interesting book. Could not put it down.

Next on the list - The Epic of NY by Edward Ellis
Finished Lucia,Lucia while eating a bowl of Italian Wedding Soup yesterday at lunch. I didn't want it to end. I too would like to take that walk and crest the hill that she did in the book on her way to work. Thanks for a good read Karen!
Re: Please recommend BOOKS about/set in NewYork
March 16, 2005 12:17PM
You're more than welcome Salsa. I love a book where you can imagine where the characters are.
By the way, what the heck is Italian Wedding Soup??????????????
Italian Wedding Soup AKA Minestra Maritata

Is Chicken Broth, meatballs,escarole, orzo pasta, and @#$%&. Really, really good. Top with your favorite grated Italian cheese.
Re: Please recommend BOOKS about/set in NewYork
March 17, 2005 12:47AM
You know, I've quite fancied Denever as a destination. If you put a pan of that on, I'm there!
You bet I would, and if you drag O with you dessert would be peach pie.
Sophie's Choice by W. Styron
Re: Please recommend BOOKS about/set in NewYork
April 22, 2008 08:18AM
The Island at the Center of the World, by Russell Shorto which I'm loving but talking about details, wow. 'From this time on, the Dutch refer to Van der Donck as 'the jonker' Long after his death the title would remain informally associated with the property -"the jonkers land," people would say. In the English period, this was shortened to Yonkers"....My mom was born in Yonkers.


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Re: Please recommend BOOKS about/set in NewYork
April 22, 2008 08:37AM
Also I've just 'started' reading the epic book, The Power Broker Robert Moses and the Fall of New York. Very cool book. I can't help thinking how Mr Moses would of fared during The Island in the Center of the World period...I'll report back next yearsmiling smileyhttp://www.amazon.com/Power-Broker-Robert-Moses-Fall/dp/0394720245
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/03/2008 06:17AM by askanewyorker.
I was given

"Weegee's New York Photographs 1935-1960"

by a friend and found it extremely enjoyable.
Re: Please recommend BOOKS about/set in NewYork
April 22, 2008 10:21AM
KM, glad you are enjoying Island at The Centre of The World. I just had Joe read it for a class he is taking. He ripped through in one weekend!! It's amazing how many of those details will come back to you.

Austin, googled your book and it looks intriguing.
I just finished "Ellington Boulevard" and loved it! It's set on West 106th,and centers around one apartment that's being sold, and all of the characters involved- the tenant, the broker, the prospective buyers, etc. Really great example of NY life, I thought.
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