{"product_id":"hacking-new-york-9798886010404","title":"Hacking New York","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe experiences in this surprising book are drawn directly from the daily life of a New York taxicab driver in good standing. Mr. Hazard has been \"hacking\" the city for almost nine years.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe deals with phases of life of which the average reader knows not at all-the \"rackets\" a taxi man has to fight, the graft he has to pay, the characters of the half-world he meets-and much\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emore.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book compares \"hacking\" conditions to-day and ten years ago, when the author got his first license by shaking hands with an official and forgetting to remove a ten-dollar bill from the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epolitical palm when the handshaking was over. Every page is packed with human interest and keen understanding of character. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author came to New York to \"see life in Greenwich Village.\" Since he had to make a living, he thought taxi driving was as good a way as any other. He is in his thirties, was a hobo and wanderer before he was a taxi driver, and is still piloting his cab through the tangles of New York traffic.\u003c\/p\u003e-\u003cem\u003eFrom the original 1930 dust jacket flap\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hazard is a born storyteller, especially for his humor and crisp simplicity, and a born racketeer. He tells a hundred vibrating experiences from that man-eating, money-crazy jungle through\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhich New Yorkers pass every day.\"-George Britt, \u003cem\u003eNew York Telegram\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stark House Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50408344715538,"sku":"9798886010404","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bcd724f4-f5d8-4001-8857-84f1d5a3d524.jpg?v=1740438259","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hacking-new-york-9798886010404","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}