Title: NEW YORKERS: A FEISTY PEOPLE WHO WILL UNSETTLE, MADDEN, AMUSE AND ASTONISH YOU
Author: Clifford Browder
Publisher: Cliff Browder Books
Pages: 345
Genre: Memoir (with bits of history and travel lore thrown in)
A quirky memoir by a longtime resident with bits of history and travel lore thrown in…
A quirky memoir by a longtime resident, with glances at his city’s history and bits of travel lore all rolled into one.
Readers will learn how the Statue of Liberty almost didn’t happen; how the author found the sacred in the city, and learned the Charleston on You Tube; how mobsters shared the corridors of the legendary Waldorf Astoria hotel with the Duke and Dutchess of Windsor and an ex-president; and how the author had an affair with a Broadway chorus boy (if the Cardinal Archbishop of New York could do it, so could he).
Plus Mohawks, hustlers, scams and cons, wigmakers and crematory managers, racoons in Central Park, Trump Tower, cholera, and the Beatles. A fun book, but with some serious moments.
New York is the most exciting city in the world. The author wants to share it with everyone.
FAVORITE QUOTE FROM FIRST CHAPTER:
" You may see a woman in a sari, a bearded man in a turban, a bunch of giggling young girls wearing head scarves, African-American women with their hair done up in a bun on top, a woman in a burka with only her eyes visible, darksuited Orthodox Jews with long, curly sidelocks, and women of various ethnicities wearing granny skirts or miniskirts or pantsuits or whatever is or is not in vogue."
BOOK COVER:
Love it. Very unique and diverse!
FIRST CHAPTER REVIEW:
This first chapter is aptly titled Diversity. The author describes the inhabitants - quite different from where I live for sure. But it gives a broad view of the people who call New York home. I shouldn't be surprised that 51% of the population actually speak English at home, but it did surprise me. Neat little fact. I also found it interesting that a lot of immigrants who come to New York go into the health care field. And the restaurants! Talk about diversity. Great first chapter!
KEEP READING?
Definitely! It's been some time since I visited New York. Things have changed lately though because of the political environment but if you turn a blind eye to it, it's a very magical place. Yes, I definitely will keep reading and will have a full review soon!
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Meet The Author
Clifford Browder is a writer and retired freelance editor living in New York City, which he celebrates in his blog, “No Place for Normal: New York.” His published works include two biographies; three New York City memoirs; a critical study of the French Surrealist poet André Breton; and four historical novels set in nineteenth-century New York. His poetry has appeared both online and in print. He has never owned a car, a television, or a cell phone, barely tolerates his computer, and eats garlic to fend off vampires. (So far, it seems to be working.)
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