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Author: Daniel Fuchs
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 9780881840063
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDescribes the lives of the Jewish inhabitants of a tenement building in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn in the thirties
Author: Daniel Fuchs
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 958
ISBN-13: 9781574232103
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThree classic novels in one volume: Summer in Williamsburg (1934), Homage to Blenholt (1936), and Low Company (1937). Fuchs wrote, "I devoted myself simply to the tenement: the life in the hallways, the commotion at the dumbwaiters, the assortment of characters in the building, their strivings and preoccupations, their troubles." These novels are as alive today as the day they were first printed, as exuberant. There are few novelists in America today who possess Fuchs's talent, his energy, his sense of life.
Author: Lou Kassem
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 038075892X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKStaying in Colonial Williamsburg in a house once owned by her ancestors, Jayne met an old family ghost who was haunted by a terrible wrong she had done over 200 years ago and she begged Jayne to help her set it right.
Author: David Goodwillie
Publisher: Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster
Published: 2020-07-28
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 1501192132
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Brooklyn love story, set to music. “Kings County crystallizes how it feels to be young and in love in New York City.” —Stephanie Danler “A true and continual delight...Goodwillie captures the rapturous soul of a bygone Brooklyn.” —Joshua Ferris It’s the early 2000s and like generations of ambitious young people before her, Audrey Benton arrives in New York City on a bus from nowhere. Broke but resourceful, she soon finds a home for herself amid the burgeoning music scene in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. But the city’s freedom comes with risks, and Audrey makes compromises to survive. As she becomes a minor celebrity in indie rock circles, she finds an unlikely match in Theo Gorski, a shy but idealistic mill-town kid who’s struggling to establish himself in the still-patrician world of books. But then an old acquaintance of Audrey’s disappears under mysterious circumstances, sparking a series of escalating crises that force the couple to confront a dangerous secret from her past. From the raucous heights of Occupy Wall Street to the comical lows of the publishing industry, from million-dollar art auctions to Bushwick drug dens, Kings County captures New York City at a moment of cultural reckoning. Grappling with the resonant issues and themes of our time—sex and violence, art and commerce, friendship and family—it is an epic coming-of-age tale about love, consequences, bravery, and fighting for one’s place in an ever-changing world.
Author: Robert Anasi
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2012-08-07
Total Pages: 242
ISBN-13: 0374533318
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA former resident describes the transformation of Williamsburg, Brooklyn which went from a gritty industrial district, to an artist's colony, to housing members of the dot-com boom, to an area now known for hipster culture and real-estate development.
Author: Donna Harrington-Lueker
Publisher: UMass + ORM
Published: 2019-08-30
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1613766319
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe publishing phenomenon of summer reading, often focused on novels set in vacation destinations, started in the nineteenth century, as both print culture and tourist culture expanded in the United States. As an emerging middle class increasingly embraced summer leisure as a marker of social status, book publishers sought new market opportunities, authors discovered a growing readership, and more readers indulged in lighter fare. Drawing on publishing records, book reviews, readers' diaries, and popular novels of the period, Donna Harrington-Lueker explores the beginning of summer reading and the backlash against it. Countering fears about the dangers of leisurely reading—especially for young women—publishers framed summer reading not as a disreputable habit but as a respectable pastime and welcome respite. Books for Idle Hours sheds new light on an ongoing seasonal publishing tradition.
Author: Linda Wirkner
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780879351281
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile spending the summer in Williamsburg, young photographer Kelly Brennan becomes intrigued by mysterious events at her Aunt Alma's spooky old house.
Author: Daniel Fuchs
Publisher:
Published: 1934
Total Pages: 380
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Publisher: Colonial Williamsburg
Published: 2013-09-01
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 0879352469
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom 1607 to 1783, Jamestown, Williamsburg, and Yorktown played an important role in our nation's development by serving as the stage for key ideas and events that shaped American history. Here the first permanent English settlement was established, ideas of independence took root, and the American Revolution was won. As our nation celebrates its 400th anniversary, what better time to visit America's birthplace? This lively and lavishly illustrated guide will help you make the most of your visit. More than 250 color illustrations and maps feature the area's must-see historic sites and attractions as well as hotels, restaurants, recreation, and more.
Author: The Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2021-09-01
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13: 1493044524
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“Christmas is come, hang on the pot, Let spits turn round, and ovens be hot; Beef, pork, and poultry, now provide, To feast thy neighbours at this tide; Then wash all down with good wine and beer, And so with mirth conclude the YEAR.” So wrote an anonymous poet in the 1765 edition of the Virginia Almanack, published in Williamsburg. Drawing on eighteenth-century traditions, Colonial Williamsburg has become famous for its celebrations of the Christmas season. In Colonial Williamsburg’s Historic Area—and in the pages of this lavishly illustrated book—you’ll find wreaths and roping crafted from greenery, fruit, and other natural materials; boards groaning under the weight of holiday fare; cressets warming the streets and candles flickering in the windows of the town’s homes and taverns; fireworks lighting up such iconic buildings as the Capitol and the Governor’s Palace. In colonial times and today, Christmas in Williamsburg not a day but a season—and one this book lets you experience throughout the year.
