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About This Book
ISBN13: 9780679746317 |
Synopses & Reviews
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Synopsis:
Synopsis:
These masterpieces (along with several previously uncollected stories) are available in one volume, which presents an indelible collective portrait of an unsuspected New York and its odder citizens--as depicted by one of the great writers of this or any other time.
About the Author
Aside from writing, Mr. Mitchell's interests included the waterfront of New York City, commercial fishing, gypsies, Southern agriculture, Irish literature, and the architecture of New York City. He served several terms on the board of directors of the Gypsy Lore Society, an international organization of students of gypsy life and the gypsy language, which was founded in England in 1888. Bajour, a musical comedy based on stories about gypsies by Mitchell, ran for 232 performances on Broadway in 1964-65. He was one of the founders of the South Street Seaport Museum and one of the original members of the Friends of Cast-Iron Architecture. For five years he was also one of the Commissioners of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission.
Mr. Mitchell was married to the photographer Therese Mitchell, who died in 1980; they had two daughters, Nora Sanborn and Elizabeth Mitchell.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780679746317
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Vintage Books USA
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Social life and customs
- Subject:
- New york (state)
- Subject:
- New York
- Subject:
- New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs.
- Edition Description:
- 1st Vintage Books ed.
- Publication Date:
- June 1993
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 736
- Dimensions:
- 8.06x5.28x1.26 in. 1.16 lbs.










