New Yorkers - Browder, Clifford
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Clifford Browder's New Yorkers is the quirky memoir of a longtime resident who loves his city, a selective glance at that city's amazing history, and a bit of a travel book, all rolled into one. It's for people who love (or hate) the city, and people who have visited or want to visit it. Readers will learn • Who New Yorkers are and how they live and die • How many languages are spoken there (you'd be surprised) • How many witches there are (you'd be surprised) • Whose funeral caused an all-day riot • Why a cemetery offers trolley-car tours and whiskey tastings • How Fifth Avenue went from…mehr

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Clifford Browder's New Yorkers is the quirky memoir of a longtime resident who loves his city, a selective glance at that city's amazing history, and a bit of a travel book, all rolled into one. It's for people who love (or hate) the city, and people who have visited or want to visit it. Readers will learn • Who New Yorkers are and how they live and die • How many languages are spoken there (you'd be surprised) • How many witches there are (you'd be surprised) • Whose funeral caused an all-day riot • Why a cemetery offers trolley-car tours and whiskey tastings • How Fifth Avenue went from goats to grandeur • How your taxi driver may be a Tibetan, a Sherpa from Nepal, or a gypsy • How the Statue of Liberty almost didn't happen • Which flashy modern hotel would-be suicides should avoid at all costs, and why • How the author learned the Charleston on YouTube, proof that geezers rock. New York is the most exciting city in the world. Everyone should know it, at least a little. It's unique.
Autorenporträt
Clifford Browder is a longtime resident of New York, living in the West Village high above the Magnolia Bakery of "Sex and the City" fame. He has published two biographies; two nonfiction titles about New York and New Yorkers; and four historical novels in his ongoing Metropolis series of historical fiction set in nineteenth-century New York. New Yorkers is his third nonfiction work inspired by posts from his blog, "No Place for Normal: New York." His blog and all his fiction and nonfiction deal with the wild, crazy, and profoundly creative city of New York. His poetry has appeared in numerous small reviews, both online and in print. He has never owned a car, a television, or a cell phone, never kills spiders, and is fascinated by slime molds and the mushroom known as Destroying Angel. Mostly vegan, he eats garlic for its culinary and medicinal values, and its reputed ability to keep off vampires. (So far, it seems to be working.)