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At Sea in the City: New York from the Waters Edge
At Sea in the City New York from the Waters Edge
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"Mr. Kornblum has helped me see a piece of New York with fresh eyes. . . . On page after page, I've learned something new. " — --Pete Hamill (from the Foreword) As we sailed out into the ocean under an endless sky, Manhattan's towers were barely visible beyond a broad expanse of waves. Only the highest buildings peaked above a silver of san... more » -
-From At Sea in the City New York is a city of few boundaries, a city of well-known streets and blocks that ramble on and on, into our literature, dreams, and nightmares. We know the city by the byways that split it, streets like Broadway and Madison and Flatbush and Delancey. From those streets, peering down the blocks and up at the top floors, the city seems immense and endless. But long before Broadway was a muddy cart track, the water was the city's most distinguishing feature and the rivers the only byways of importance. For people like William Kornblum, the city is shaped by the water and the people who have sailed it for goods, money, pirate's loot, and freedom. For them, the city is ever an island, and Kornblum -- New York City native, longtime sailor, and urban sociologist -- has spent decades plying its waterways in his ancient catboat, Tradition. In At Sea in the City, he takes the reader along as he sails through his hometown, retelling the history of the city's waterfront and maritime culture and the stories of the men and women who made the water their own. Along the way, he lays bare the character of New York, the world's city, in all its resilience and audacity.
Author:
"Mr. Kornblum has helped me see a piece of New York with fresh eyes. . . . On page after page, I've learned something new. " — --Pete Hamill (from the Foreword) As we sailed out into the ocean under an endless sky, Manhattan's towers were barely visible beyond a broad expanse of waves. Only the highest buildings peaked above a silver of san... more » -
-From At Sea in the City New York is a city of few boundaries, a city of well-known streets and blocks that ramble on and on, into our literature, dreams, and nightmares. We know the city by the byways that split it, streets like Broadway and Madison and Flatbush and Delancey. From those streets, peering down the blocks and up at the top floors, the city seems immense and endless. But long before Broadway was a muddy cart track, the water was the city's most distinguishing feature and the rivers the only byways of importance. For people like William Kornblum, the city is shaped by the water and the people who have sailed it for goods, money, pirate's loot, and freedom. For them, the city is ever an island, and Kornblum -- New York City native, longtime sailor, and urban sociologist -- has spent decades plying its waterways in his ancient catboat, Tradition. In At Sea in the City, he takes the reader along as he sails through his hometown, retelling the history of the city's waterfront and maritime culture and the stories of the men and women who made the water their own. Along the way, he lays bare the character of New York, the world's city, in all its resilience and audacity.
ISBN-13: 9781422363270
ISBN-10: 1422363279
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
Pages: 232
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ISBN-10: 1422363279
Publication Date: 1/1/2002
Pages: 232
Rating: ?
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Publisher: Workman Publishing Co.
Book Type: Hardcover
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