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Low Life: Lures and Snares of Old New York

by Luc Sante

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From opium dens to the Bowery's suicide saloons, this lively, learned work of outlaw urban history ushers readers through the dark heart of New York City in the years between 1840 and 1919. "A systematic, well-researched historical account of . . . corruption, vice, and miscellaneous mayhem . . . well-crafted and tightly written. Boston Globe. 63 photographs.

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"(The author's) mastery of detail makes the opening chapters on Manhattan's landscape his strongest. Sante is a gifted writer about architecture and urban space." Christine Stansell, The New Republic

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"Low Life captures the rollicking atmosphere of city life during the period. In his first book, Mr. Sante, a freelance journalist, moves along swiftly, rarely bogging down in numbers, chronologies or social history." Hanna Rubin, The New York Times Book Review

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"A guided tour through Manhattan's demimonde of the last century, conducted with exquisite relish by East Village journalist Sante, who speaks with all the authority of an eyewitness....A rich delight. And for hapless New Yorkers who find themselves worn down by the present-day chaos of their city, Sante provides a strangely heartening reminder that nothing much has changed." Kirkus Reviews

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-371) and index.

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ISBN:

9780679738763

Subtitle:

(lures and snares of old New York )

Author:

Sante, Luc

Publisher:

Vintage Books USA

Location:

New York :

Subject:

General

Subject:

History

Subject:

Sociology - Urban

Subject:

United States - State & Local

Subject:

Social conditions

Subject:

Marginality, Social

Subject:

New York

Subject:

Marginality, Social -- New York (State) -- New York.

Subject:

Manhattan

Subject:

United States - State & Local - General

Edition Description:

1st Vintage Departures ed.

Series:

Vintage Departures

Series Volume:

6

Publication Date:

1992

Binding:

Paperback

Language:

English

Illustrations:

Y

Pages:

xxii, 414 p.

Dimensions:

7.99x5.23x.98 in. .99 lbs.

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Product details xxii, 414 p. pages Vintage Books USA - 2012-03-01 English 9780679738763 Reviews:

"Review" by Christine Stansell, The New Republic, "(The author's) mastery of detail makes the opening chapters on Manhattan's landscape his strongest. Sante is a gifted writer about architecture and urban space."

"Review" by Hanna Rubin, The New York Times Book Review, "Low Life captures the rollicking atmosphere of city life during the period. In his first book, Mr. Sante, a freelance journalist, moves along swiftly, rarely bogging down in numbers, chronologies or social history."

"Review" by Kirkus Reviews, "A guided tour through Manhattan's demimonde of the last century, conducted with exquisite relish by East Village journalist Sante, who speaks with all the authority of an eyewitness....A rich delight. And for hapless New Yorkers who find themselves worn down by the present-day chaos of their city, Sante provides a strangely heartening reminder that nothing much has changed."