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The City in Slang

Author : Irving Lewis Allen
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195357760
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The City in Slang written by Irving Lewis Allen and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995-02-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, straphanger, tar beach, the Tenderloin, the Great White Way, to do a Brodie--these are just a few of the hundreds of popular words and phrases that were born or took on new meaning in the streets of New York. In The City in Slang, Irving Lewis Allen traces this flowering of popular expressions that accompanied the emergence of the New York metropolis from the early nineteenth century down to the present. This unique account of the cultural and social history of America's greatest city provides in effect a lexicon of popular speech about city life. With many stories Allen shows how this vocabulary arose from city streets, often interplaying with vaudeville, radio, movies, comics, and the popular songs of Tin Pan Alley. Some terms of great pertinence to city people today have unexpectedly old pedigrees. Rush hour was coined by 1890, for instance, and rubberneck dates to the late 1890s and became popular in New York to describe the busloads of tourists who craned their necks to see the tall buildings and the sights of the Bowery and Chinatown. The Big Apple itself (since 1971 the official nickname of New York) appeared in the 1920s, though first in reference to the city's top racetracks and to Broadway bookings as pinnacles of professional endeavor. Allen also tells fascinating stories behind once-popular slang that is no longer in use. Spielers, for example, were the little girls in tenement districts who danced ecstatically on the sidewalks to the music of the hurdy-gurdy men and, when they were old enough, frequented the dance halls of the Lower East Side. Following the trail of these words and phrases into the city's East Side, West Side, and all around the town, from Harlem to Wall Street, and into the haunts of its high and low life, The City in Slang is a fascinating look at the rich cultural heritage of language about city life.

The Poe Cult

Author : Eugene Lemoine Didier
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Poe Cult written by Eugene Lemoine Didier and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Plug Uglies

Author : Howie Carr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780986037276
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (372 download)

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Download or read book Plug Uglies written by Howie Carr and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plug Uglies is a perfect addition to the library of any true-crime fan anywhere. Plug Uglies is the final installment in best-selling author Howie Carr s series about organized crime in Boston. In this book, Howie tells a number of previously untold stories about the famous FBI bugging of the Boston Mafia s headquarters, the merger of the Winter Hill Gang with the Mafia, and the Plymouth Mail Truck robbery. He also includes scores of never-before-seen photos, revealing the private lives of Mob serial killer Jimmy the Bear Flemmi and one of Johnny Martorano s long-forgotten victims. The book also includes Whitey Bulger s early military and court records, including the first record of his informing from 1956, FBI Most Wanted posters, and a fascinating series of memos from the Massachusetts State Police detailing the inside story on the hits of the Irish Gang War."

An American Glossary

Author : Richard Hopwood Thornton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An American Glossary written by Richard Hopwood Thornton and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this compilation are included: forms of speech now obsolete or provincial in England which survive in the U.S.; words and phrases of distinctly American origin; nouns which indicate quadrupeds, birds, trees, articles of food, etc. that are distinctly American; names of persons, classes of persons, and of places; words which have assumed new meanings; words and phrases with earlier American examples than in English writers.

Hanging Henry Gambrill

Author : Tracy Matthew Melton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hanging Henry Gambrill written by Tracy Matthew Melton and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Examines the rise and fall of nativist political violence in 1850s Baltimore, by exploring the connections between organized gangs, volunteer firemen, and political figures. Drawn from court records, contemporary newspaper accounts, letters, and other original sources"--Provided by publisher.

Cosmopolitan

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 732 pages
Book Rating : 4.E/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cosmopolitan written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Origin Uncertain

Author : Anatoly Liberman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0197664911
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (976 download)

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Download or read book Origin Uncertain written by Anatoly Liberman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2024 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost origins of words revealed. We like to recount that goodbye started out as "god be with you," that whiskey comes from the Gaelic for "water of life," or that avocado originated as the Aztec word for "testicle." But there are many words with origins unknown, disputed, or so buried in old journals that they may as well be lost to the general public. In Origin Uncertain: Unraveling the Mysteries of Etymology, eminent etymologist Anatoly Liberman draws on his professional expertise and etymological database to tell the stories of less understood words such as nerd, fake, ain't, hitchhike, trash, curmudgeon, and quiz, as well as puzzling idioms like kick the bucket and pay through the nose. By casting a net so broadly, the book addresses language history, language usage (including grammar), history (both ancient and modern), religion, superstitions, and material culture. Writing in the spirit of adventure through the annals of word origins, Liberman also shows how historical linguists construct etymologies, how to evaluate competing explanations, and how to pursue further research.

The Doors of Eden

Author : Adrian Tchaikovsky
Publisher : Orbit
ISBN 13 : 0316705780
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (167 download)

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Download or read book The Doors of Eden written by Adrian Tchaikovsky and published by Orbit. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning Adrian Tchaikovsky, The Doors of Eden is an extraordinary feat of the imagination and a page-turning adventure about parallel universes and the monsters that they hide. They thought we were safe. They were wrong. Four years ago, two girls went looking for monsters on Bodmin Moor. Only one came back. Lee thought she'd lost Mal, but now she's miraculously returned. But what happened that day on the moors? And where has she been all this time? Mal's reappearance hasn't gone unnoticed by MI5 officers either, and Lee isn't the only one with questions. Julian Sabreur is investigating an attack on top physicist Kay Amal Khan. This leads Julian to clash with agents of an unknown power - and they may or may not be human. His only clue is grainy footage, showing a woman who supposedly died on Bodmin Moor. Dr Khan's research was theoretical; then she found cracks between our world and parallel Earths. Now these cracks are widening, revealing extraordinary creatures. And as the doors crash open, anything could come through. "Tchaikovsky weaves a masterful tale... a suspenseful joyride through the multiverse." (Booklist)

The Steps Across the Water

Author : Adam Gopnik
Publisher : Penguin Group
ISBN 13 : 0307375978
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book The Steps Across the Water written by Adam Gopnik and published by Penguin Group. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a masterful new fantasy evocative of Alice in Wonderland, New York Times bestselling author Adam Gopnik explores the powerful themes of identity and the meaning of home, with stunning illustrations from renowned New Yorker artist Bruce McCall. Ten-year-old Rose lives in New York, the city of bright lights and excitement, where extraordinary things happen every day on every block. But Rose wasn't born in New York; she was adopted as an infant from a far-away country. Rose loves her home and her family, but sometimes she can't help but feel like she doesn't belong. Then one day in Central Park, Rose sees something extraordinary: a crystal staircase rises out of the lake, and two small figures climb the shimmering steps before vanishing like a mirage. Only it's not a mirage. Rose is being watched - recruited - by representatives of U Nork, a hidden city where Dirigibles and Zeppelins skirt dazzling skyscrapers that would dwarf the Chrysler building. Impeccably dressed U Norkers glide along the sidewalks on roller skates. Rose can hardly take it all in. Then she learns the most astonishing thing about U Nork. Its citizens are in danger, and they need Rose's help, and hers alone…

Tall Tale America

Author : Walter Blair
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022622791X
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Tall Tale America written by Walter Blair and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2018-12-01 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Johnny Appleseed, Davy Crockett, Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry have all become heroes of American folklore. Some of them, like Crokett, were real, but all have become the subject of tall tales. This is a folksy history of the United States, told as if the characters were all real. This panoramic (if completely untrue) history begins with Columbus. . . . En route to its end in the 1940s (where traditional American heroes are enlisted to fight in World War II), it covers the great and small events of our national history, including the overlooked, but important ones, such as the invention of the prairie dog."—Washington Post Book World

The Gangs of New York

Author : Herbert Asbury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Gangs of New York written by Herbert Asbury and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Bowery

Author : Stephen Paul DeVillo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 151072687X
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book The Bowery written by Stephen Paul DeVillo and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From peglegged Peter Stuyvesant to CBGB’s, the story of the Bowery reflects the history of the city that grew up around it. It was the street your mother warned you about—even if you lived in San Francisco. Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery often showed the worst New York City had to offer. Yet there were times when it showed its best as well. The Bowery is New York’s oldest street and Manhattan’s broadest boulevard. Like the city itself, it has continually reinvented itself over the centuries. Named for the Dutch farms, or bouweries, of the area, the path’s lurid character was established early when it became the site of New Amsterdam’s first murder. A natural spring near the Five Points neighborhood led to breweries and taverns that became home to the gangs of New York—the “Bowery B’hoys,” “Plug Uglies,” and “Dead Rabbits.” In the Gaslight Era, teenaged streetwalkers swallowed poison in McGurk’s Suicide Hall. A brighter side to the street was reflected in places of amusement and culture over the years. A young P.T. Barnum got his start there, and Harry Houdini learned showmanship playing the music halls and dime museums. Poets, singers, hobos, gangsters, soldiers, travelers, preachers, storytellers, con-men, and reformers all gathered there. Its colorful cast of characters includes Peter Stuyvesant, Steve Brodie, Carry Nation, Stephen Foster, Stephen Crane, and even Abraham Lincoln. The Bowery: The Strange History of New York’s Oldest Street traces the full story of this once notorious thoroughfare from its pre-colonial origins to the present day.

History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day

Author : John Thomas Scharf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1330 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book History of Baltimore City and County, from the Earliest Period to the Present Day written by John Thomas Scharf and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The River Riders

Author : Walter William Liggett
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The River Riders written by Walter William Liggett and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Americanisms--old and New

Author : John Stephen Farmer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Americanisms--old and New written by John Stephen Farmer and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Thieves Dozen

Author : Donald E. Westlake
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0446510173
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (465 download)

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Download or read book Thieves Dozen written by Donald E. Westlake and published by Grand Central Publishing. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feating Donald E. Westlake's hapless hero, John Dortmunder, this original compilation of short stories ties in to Westlake's latest Dortmunder hardcover, The Road to Ruin. It's all Dortmunder, all the time, in this long-awaited collection representing one of the finest achievements in crime fiction. Chosen from hundreds of stories and decades of work, this is the first time that Westlake has offered a compilation of his short form Dortmunder adventures, including "Ask a Silly Question," "Horse Laugh," "Too Many Crooks," "A Midsummer's Daydream," "The Dortmunder Workout," "Party Animal," "Give 'Til It Hurts," "Jumble Sale," "Now What?," "Art and Craft," and "Fugue for Felons." Hailed as classics all, THIEVES' DOZEN will surely delight Westlake's ravenous fans.

Hero of the Five Points

Author : Alan Gratz
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 1466882085
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Hero of the Five Points written by Alan Gratz and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Hero of the Five Points" is a rollicking short adventure set in 1853 in the world of the League of Seven fantasy series for middle-grade readers by acclaimed author Alan Gratz. Grab your aether pistol and your favorite stovepipe hat and join Dalton Dent as he tracks down the foul creature known as Mose. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.