Comments | deliasherman: New York, New York

deliasherman

New York, New York

Jun 05, 2007 14:54

In the interests of research, I've been reading a book lent to me by the wonderful vschanoes when I went to Philadelphia to talk to her class tin April. It's called You Must Remember This: An Oral History of Manhattan From the 1890's to World War II, edited (compiled, organized, orchestrated) by one Jeff Kisseloff, published by HBJ in 1989, and it's the ( Read more... )

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sinboy June 5 2007, 19:20:30 UTC

Amazon seems to have a lot of used copies for under ten bucks. I might pick one up.

rosefox June 6 2007, 04:29:19 UTC

Please do. *)

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deliasherman June 5 2007, 20:54:51 UTC

I better get on the stick and order one, then, hadn't I? Or they'll all be gone, gone, gone. :)

sdn June 5 2007, 20:47:48 UTC

i know this book and jeff well. he also did an oral history of early television, the box.

you must remember this has been reissued by a university press.

deliasherman June 5 2007, 20:56:36 UTC

You KNOW this guy? Do you think he'd like a fan letter? A cup of coffee? A nice chat? I think he's the bee's knees, swear to god.

sdn June 5 2007, 21:04:26 UTC

you can find his site here. and i forwarded this entry to him.

vschanoes June 6 2007, 01:55:04 UTC

You know him? I love this book! I tracked down copies for me and all my friends when I was a teenager! Can I meet him?

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eegatland June 5 2007, 21:22:08 UTC

I *did* know that about the Dakota! But then, my father only spent 6 years of his entire life outside New York and took pleasure in such facts.

penmage June 6 2007, 01:12:12 UTC

So, quick unrelated question. Remember that Coyote Road event there was supposed to be on Sunday at Books of Wonder? Has it been cancelled, or rescheduled, or what? Because I don't see it listed anymore.

deliasherman June 6 2007, 03:02:41 UTC

You are so right! It's not on the site. I'll have to check into this. Thanks for bringing it to my attention.

penmage June 6 2007, 03:24:44 UTC

Keep me posted! I was planning on making the trip downtown for the event. I'll be sad if it's cancelled.

penmage June 8 2007, 13:35:09 UTC

It looks like it's back on the calender, but I've got a question for you. Is the book going to be available? It looks like the book is coming out on the 19th, and the event is on the 10th.

If not (and I know this is asking a lot) do you or Ellen have any spare copies I could buy off of you? I'd love to get a copy signed by the whole lot of you, and I'll be sad if there's an event but no book!

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