Ed O'Donnell
There were few experienced swimmers among over 1,300 Lower East Side residents who boarded the General Slocum on June 15, 1904. It shouldn't have mattered, since the steamship was chartered only for a The Tragedy of the Steamboat General ... [... more]
Random House |
Streets: A Memoir of the Lower East Side
 I love that book!: this is my favorite book. if anyone has similar taste to me then i highly recommend them to read it. i'm going to describe it as a story of a girl growing into a women on the streets of the lower east side of manhattan. she tells of [... more]
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Arthur Nersesian
. He has also written three books of poems and one book of plays. Nersesian was the managing editor of the literary magazine "The Portable Lower East Side" and was an English teacher at Hostos Community College (C.U.N.Y.) in the South Bronx. He [... more]
Harper Collins |
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History
Caleb Carr was born in Manhattan and grew up on the Lower East Side, where he still lives. He attended Kenyon College and New York University, earning a degree in history. In addition to fiction, Mr. Carr writes frequently on military and ... [... more]
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The Family Moskat
A dark story of Polish Jews at a bad time in history: The story takes place in the first half of the 20th century, a bad time to be a Polish Jew. We know that the Nazis are right around the corner. This is not a story of Nazis, though. It's about the [... more]
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The House That George Built: With a Little Help from ...
A Book about Jazz Song Writers and Lyricists without Any Music to Listen to: The House That George Built works fine if you can hear in your head every fabulous popular song that Irving Berlin, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Duke [... more]
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The Bialy Eaters
From Amazon.com: As many of us know, bialys are chewy, onion-topped rolls, delicious with a cream-cheese schmeer. They originated in Bialystok, Poland, from which they--and the Jews who made and cherished them--have all but disappeared. In The Bialy [... more]
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Hammerhead Ranch Motel
From Amazon.com: Penzler Pick, August 2000: Is it Florida, or is it the mystery writers who set their stories there? There seems to be a tradition of Florida noir that is as loony as that name implies. Tim Dorsey is the newest writer from the Sunshine [... more]
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The Lower East Side of Life
From Amazon.com: With a hit remake of "Flowers on the Wall," a flashy image as a rockabilly dude, and a reputation as a hotshot guitarist, Eric Heatherly seemed to have everything going for him in 2000. Five years later, Heatherly returns older, [... more]
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Life on the Lower East Side: Photographs by Rebecca ...
Author: Peter E. Dans Author: Suzanne Wasserman Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 779.997471 EAN: 9781568986067 Edition: 1 ISBN: 1568986068 Number Of Pages: 192 Publication Date: 2006-12 [... more]
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Tenement: Immigrant Life on the Lower East Side
Author: Bial Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 307.764097471 EAN: 9780618138494 ISBN: 0618138498 Number Of Pages: 48 Publication Date: 2004-03-19 Reading Level: Ages 9-12 UPC: 046442138499 [... more]
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Selling the Lower East Side: Culture, Real Estate, and ...
Author: Christopher Mele Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 307.3416097471 EAN: 9780816631827 ISBN: 0816631824 Number Of Pages: 408 Publication Date: 2000-03 [... more]
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