Song of Brooklyn : an oral history of America's favorite borough

Song of Brooklyn : an oral history of America's favorite borough / Marc Eliot.

Author/creator	Eliot, Marc
Format	Book and Print
Edition	1st ed.
Publication Info	New York : Broadway Books, ©2008.
Description	xviii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental Content	Contributor biographical information
Supplemental Content	Publisher description
Subject(s)	Oral history--New York (State) --New York. Celebrities--New York (State) --New York --Biography --Anecdotes. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs --Anecdotes. Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Biography --Anecdotes. New York (N.Y.)--Social life and customs --Anecdotes. New York (N.Y.)--Biography --Anecdotes.

Contents	Coney Island -- Sheepshead Bay -- Music -- Dem bums and other assorted sports -- The way we were and weren't -- Literary Brooklyn -- The nabes -- On the waterfront -- Whaddya got to eat? -- Politics and poker -- Back to the future.
Abstract	Gathers the oral testimony of nearly one hundred Brooklynites past and present, famous and unknown, about a mythic borough that is also an indisputably real place. These witnesses speak eloquently of what it was like back then, when the Dodgers played in Ebbets Field; later, when the borough fell on hard times; and now, when it has come roaring back on the tracks of a real-estate boom, giving it celebrity chic and hipster cred. With this surprising and inspiring renaissance in full swing, the story of Brooklyn is one of the great and still ongoing chapters of the American urban experience, and this book sings that tune in pitch-perfect key.--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-294).
LCCN	2007046871
ISBN	9780767920148
ISBN	0767920147

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	F 129.B7 E45 2008	✔ Available	Place Hold