Dec 22, 2004 downtown my manhattan by pete hamill illustrated. To my mind, pete hamill is the quintessential new yorker. However, hamill s is as different from those two other books as those two books are different from. Hes the author of numerous books, including downtown. My manhattan by pete hamill this a a book about my home city. Jan 01, 2004 pete hamill brought new york city to life in his writing of this book. A lifelong resident, former editorinchief of both the new york post and new york daily news, author of eight books, among them the best selling memoir, a drinking life, and the subway series reader, hamill knows more than most about the five boroughs, especially downtown manhattan. He was born in brooklyn and has spent the last fourplus decades exploring the streets of new york as both a newspaperman and resident. In downtown, pete hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves. My manhattan the legendary new york city writer pete hamill offers his own unique geography of the city. What kind of book is downtownan elegy, a rhapsody, a personalized history, or something. My manhattan, is hamills brilliant tribute to the city he loves.
My own city, the one that feels like home, is the one ive always called downtown. Manhattan south of 42nd street with a handful of excursions north, rendered in all its delirious human evidence by veteran newsman hamill forever, 2002, etc. My manhattan is part of the latest spate of books that combine personal new york city experience and new york city history, as do colson whiteheads the colossus of new york in a way and phillip lopates waterfront. I was born in the immense and beautiful segment of it called brooklyn, but ive lived and worked for much of my life in its center, the long skinny island called manhattan. Pete hamill brought new york city to life in his writing of this book. Hamill and his wife, fukiko aoki hamill, a japanese journalist and novelist, leased out their tribeca loft, where he lived when he published a. My manhattan, where the subtitle is important, he focuses on the area most nostalgic for him, more or less from 42nd street south, but with some good writing about upper broadway in the days of the thalia movie theater. Hamill and his wife, fukiko aoki hamill, a japanese journalist and novelist, leased out their tribeca loft, where he lived when he published a paean subtitled my manhattan. New york, hamill writes, is a city of daily irritations, occasional horrors, hourly tests of will and even courage, and huge dollops of pure beauty.
All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. However, hamills is as different from those two other books as those two books are different from. It includes some of his own reporting on the destruction of the world trade center on september 11, 2001, at which he was present. My manhattan by pete hamill in chm, djvu, doc download ebook. Downtown, hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the islands southern tip to 42nd street, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in new york with a passionate history of its most enduring places and people. Rail editor theodore hamm recently sat down with hamill at the latters home below canal street. Pete hamills collected stories about brooklyn present a new york almost lost but not forgotten. Lifelong resident of nyc, growing up in brooklyn and since living in many neighborhoods in lower and lower midmanhattan.
They read like messages from a vanished age, brimming with nostalgiafor the world after the war, the days of the dodgers and giants, and even, for some, the years of prohibition and the depression. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pete hamill is an american journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator. In downtown, hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the islands southern tip to 42nd street, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in new york with a passionate history of its most enduring places and people. He is the author of 15 previous books including the bestselling novels snow in august and forever and the bestselling memoir a drinking life. He writes a column for the new york daily news and lives in new york city. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. As it turned out, my life in manhattan had its own geographical limits, and they are central to this book. Pete hamill books list of books by author pete hamill. From the batterys traces of the early port to washington squares ghosts of executed. What kind of book is downtownan elegy, a rhapsody, a personalized history, or something else. The concrete, brick, steel, trees and grass of a modern city and the presence of a cultural identity that has been evolving since the earliest days of the greek, roman, and song dynasty empires.
His nine novels include snow in august and forever, both of which were new york times bestsellers. After 30 years, pete hamill returns to brooklyn the new. Pete hamill is a long time newsman in new york city, working at numerous newspapers including those long since defunct. Jan 16, 2004 to my mind, pete hamill is the quintessential new yorker.
Downtown wanders all over the map in pete hamill s very personal take on manhattan. Widely traveled and having written on a broad range of topics, he is perhaps best known for his career as a new york city journalist, as the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of new york citys politics and sports and the particular pathos of. From his days as a crack reporter who incredibly rose to the editorinchief post of both rival dailies the new york post and the new york daily news to his novels like the sweeping manhattan epic forever, pete hamill keeps his typing fingers on the pulse of the city he calls home. From the batterys traces of the early port to washington squares ghosts of executed convicts and wellheeled. However, hamill s is as different from those two other books as those two books. My manhattan, discusses what makes new york home author pete hamill wikimedia commons by courtney jordan. Rail editor theodore hamm recently sat down with hamill at the latters home below canal street theodore hamm rail. Hanging tough in a city thats always changing the new york. His writing is perhaps too dramatic and sentimental for some readers, but hes a popular.
My manhattan pete hamill, author, pete hamill, read by, read by the author. Pete hamill is a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. Pete hamill in downtown, hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the islands southern tip to fortysecond street, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in new york. Pete hamill is a veteran new york journalist and novelist. That is why these notes are limited to those parts of manhattan in which i have truly lived. My manhattan is a sixhour exploration into the heart of a place that occupies at least four dimensions. Dec 01, 2004 manhattan south of 42nd street with a handful of excursions north, rendered in all its delirious human evidence by veteran newsman hamill forever, 2002, etc. A thousand pictures painted by the way he describes the creation of new york city, first as new amsterdam and then i tend to shy away from history books simply because i dont typically. Widely traveled and having written on a broad range of topics, he is perhaps best known for his career as a new york city journalist, as the author of columns that sought to capture the particular flavors of new york city. Hanging tough in a city thats always changing the new. Lifelong resident of nyc, growing up in brooklyn and since living in many neighborhoods in lower and lower mid manhattan. Downtown by pete hamill overdrive rakuten overdrive. From his days as a crack reporter who incredibly rose to the editorinchief post of both rival dailies the new york post and the new york daily news to his novels like the sweeping manhattan epic forever, pete hamill keeps his typing fingers on. In downtown, pete hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves, from the islands southern tip to times square, combining a moving memoir of his days and nights in new york with a passionate history of its most enduring places and people.