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ISBN 13 : 9781332098293
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (982 download)
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Download or read book Almanac for New Yorkers, 1939 (Classic Reprint) written by and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Almanac for New Yorkers, 1939 For the third year running, the Almanac for New Yorkers, springing full-born from the brow of the New York City Federal Writers' Project, offers its public a bird's-eye preview of the coming urban year. Its two forerunners for - 1937 and 1938 - have firmly established it as an annual civic institution - one of the most cheerful events on the municipal scene. A frothy punch, compounded in equal parts of useful information and pert comment, the Almanac tells you where and when to see - or to avoid - what; drops wise hints on the conduct of your daily life; and joyfully excavates and refurbishes buried episodes from New York's inimitable past - all with good-humored eclat and levity. Every page is a rollicking scramble of wisecracks, mock-gravity and pointed observations. A play upon words will crowd upon the heels of a lovely lyric; stately prose is juxtaposed with the lingo of the East Side; and everywhere the dashing, supremely appropriate accent of Soriano's unique thumbnail sketches. The Almanac's light touch and irresistible gayety give the most telling proof of the Project writers' versatility. With the main energy of these several hundred novelists, poets, reporters and researchers concentrated on socially valuable work - guides, encyclopedias, studies of racial groups and other thoughtful indices to contemporary American life - the giddy yet informative Almanacs merely serve to enhance and underscore the worth of the unique cultural experiment embodied in the Writers' Projects. The New York World's Fair 1939 Incorporated is treated with a straighter face than is customary for the Almanac, as befits the massive size and impressive claims of the biggest show ever to hit New York. After all, not even the Almanac for New Yorkers can laugh off a tornado! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
