MANHATTAN NOBODY KNOWS Pb - 2018
by HELMREICH,WILLIAMB
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- Paperback
Helmreich walked every block of New York City--6,000 miles in all--to write the award-winning "The New York Nobody Knows." Now he has re-walked most of Manhattan--721 miles--to write this new, one-of-a-kind walking guide to the heart of one of the world's greatest cities.d's greatest cities.
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Details
- Title MANHATTAN NOBODY KNOWS
- Author HELMREICH,WILLIAMB
- Binding pb
- Condition New
- Pages 376
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Princeton University Press
- Date 2018-12-04
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- Bookseller's Inventory # 9780691166995
- ISBN 9780691166995 / 0691166994
- Weight 1.45 lbs (0.66 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.4 x 1.2 in (20.32 x 13.72 x 3.05 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Library of Congress subjects Manhattan (New York, N.Y.), Walking
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017958315
- Dewey Decimal Code 974.71
About Book Culture New York, United States
Book Culture is an independent bookstore located in Morningside Heights in Manhattan and Long Island City in Queens.
From the rear cover
"Bill Helmreich is a walker and a talker. His charming book is simultaneously a local's guide to the things locals miss, a tableau of the city today, and a record of impromptu conversations with scores of New Yorkers who make this place unlike anywhere else in the world."--Eric W. Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York City
"Bill Helmreich is a top-notch tour guide. He exudes avuncular charm throughout this book, making the cultural and historical facts sparkle and the details sing. Readers will be able to tell a good story when they visit these neighborhoods."--Jonathan R. Wynn, author of The Tour Guide: Walking and Talking New York
"Bill Helmreich takes Manhattan--step-by-step, glance-by-glance, and chat-by-chat--to show what makes the city hum. This book is addictive."--Harvey Molotch, New York University
"The thinking tourist's guide book."--Graham Russell Hodges, author of Taxi! A Cultural History of the New York City Cabdriver