ISBN: 9780823224920 - brooklyn is: southeast of the island: travel notes (9 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 1. With dust jacket. It's a well-cared-for item that has seen limited use. The item may show minor signs of wear. All the text is legible, with all pages included. It may have slight markings and/or highlighting.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. No Jacket. Former library book; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardback. Zustand: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.

Zustand: Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. . Good dust jacket. Signed by preface author Jonathan Lethem on bookplate laid-in. In protective mylar cover. (new york, NY, essays, travel).

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. Second printing. Octavo. 50pp. Fine in fine dust jacket.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 64 pages. 7.75x5.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - For the first time in book form-a great writer's classic celebration of the essence of Brooklyn.In 1939, James Agee was assigned to write an article on Brooklyn for a special issue of Fortune on New York City. The draft was rejected for 'creative differences,' and remained unpublished until it appeared in Esquire in 1968 under the title 'Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes.'Crossing the borough from the brownstone heights over the Brooklyn Bridge out through backstreet neighborhoods like Flatbush, Midwood, and Sheepshead Bay that roll silently to the sea, Agee captured in 10,000 remarkable words, the essence of a place and its people. Propulsive, lyrical, jazzy, and tender, its pitch-perfect descriptions endure even as Brooklyn changes; Agee's essay is a New York classic. Resonant with the rhythms of Hart Crane, Walt Whitman, and Thomas Wolfe, it takes its place alongside Alfred Kazin's A Walker in the City as a great writer's love-song to Brooklyn and alongside E. B. White's Here Is New York as an essential statement of the place so many call home.…

Zustand: New. In 1939, the author was assigned to write an article on Brooklyn for a special issue of Fortune . Crossing the borough from the brownstone heights over the Brooklyn Bridge and out through backstreet neighborhoods like Flatbush, he captured in 10,000 words..