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Downtown

My Manhattan

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By Pete Hamill

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$19.99

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$25.99 CAD

This item is a preorder. Your payment method will be charged immediately, and the product is expected to ship on or around November 8, 2005. This date is subject to change due to shipping delays beyond our control.

In this “beautifully written, sharply observed, and heartfelt” guide to his hometown (New York Times), legendary New York City journalist Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves.

Walking the Manhattan streets he loves, from Times Square to the island’s southern tip, Pete Hamill combines a moving memoir of his own days and nights in new York with a lively and revealing history of the city’s most enduring places and people.

“Pete Hamill lovingly captures the vibrant sights, sounds, and smells of Manhattan from Battery Park to midtown, the most important, most exciting stretch of real estate in the world.” —New York Daily News

On Sale
Nov 8, 2005
Page Count
320 pages
Publisher
Back Bay Books
ISBN-13
9780316010689

Pete Hamill

About the Author

Pete Hamill (1935-2020) was a novelist, journalist, editor, and screenwriter. He was the author of twenty-two books, including the bestselling novels Tabloid City, North River, Forever, and Snow in August, and the bestselling memoir A Drinking Life

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