{"product_id":"new-york-diaries-1609-to-2009-9780812974256","title":"New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009","description":"New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, she's been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and battered--all the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble here an almost holographic view of this iconic metropolis. Starting on January 1 and continuing day by day through the year, these journal entries are selected from four centuries of writing--revealing vivid and compelling snapshots of life in the Capital of the World. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Today I arrived by train in New York City . . . and instantly fell in love with it. Silently, inside myself, I yelled: \u003c\/i\u003eI should have been born here \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003e--Edward Robb Ellis, May 22, 1947\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes diary excerpts from Sherwood Anderson - Albert Camus - No l Coward - Dorothy Day - John Dos Passos - Thomas Edison - Allen Ginsberg - Keith Haring - Henry Hudson - Anne Morrow Lindbergh - H. L. Mencken - John Cameron Mitchell - Julia Rosa Newberry - Eugene O'Neill - Edgar Allan Poe - Theodore Roosevelt - Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Alexis de Tocqueville - Mark Twain - Gertrude Vanderbilt - Andy Warhol - George Washington - Walt Whitman - and many others \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"The most convivial and unorthodox history of New York City one is likely to come across.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A must-read for anyone who has fallen in love with the Big Apple.\"--New York Journal of Books\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"An absolute masterpiece.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeresa Carpenter \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four books, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller \u003ci\u003eMissing Beauty\u003c\/i\u003e. She is a former senior editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice, \u003c\/i\u003e where her feature articles on crime and the law won a Pulitzer Prize in 1981. She lives in New York City's Greenwich Village with her husband, writer Steven Levy, and their son.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Modern Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50492128657682,"sku":"9780812974256","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_79fd8a32-e4ea-4c80-aa7f-48c6082e7488.jpg?v=1730572344","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/new-york-diaries-1609-to-2009-9780812974256","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}