The WPA Guide to New York City

Whyte, William H.; William H. Whyte (Introduction by); Lou Gody (Editior-In-Chief); Chester D. Harvey and James Reed (Edited by)

ISBN 10: 1565843215 / ISBN 13: 9781565843219

Published by The New Press, New York, 1992

About this Item

700 pp. Solidly bound copy with minimal external wear, crisp pages and clean text. Dirt/marks on spine.

Seller Inventory # 6iiBc0045

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The WPA Guide to New York City
• Publisher: The New Press, New York
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1565843215
• ISBN 13: 9781565843219
• Binding: Trade Paperback
• Edition: 5th Printing
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Travel & Tourism, Adventure, Sight Seeing, etc.
  • US Politics & History, Amer. Presidency
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research

About this title

Synopsis

This tour guide for time travelers offers New York lovers and 1930s buffs an endlessly fascinating look at life as it was lived in the days when a trolley ride cost five cents, a room at the Plaza was $7.50, and the new World s Fair was the talk of the town. Hailed by the New York Times as one of the 10 best books ever written about the city. Photos. Maps.

Reviews

This and several similar guides were sanctioned by the Federal Writers Project in the 1930s. Published in 1939, WPA Guide, which was praised by the New York Times as "one of the best books ever published about New York," dissects the wicked city in minute detail with the aid of maps and photos. With the American Library Association meeting in Manhattan next July, this book will help librarians brush up on the Big Apple.
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