"Mr. Kornblum has helped me see a piece of New York with fresh eyes.
. .. On page after page, I've learned something new. " --Pete Hamill
(from the Foreword) As we sailed out into the ocean under an endless
sky, Manhattan's towers were barely visible beyond a broad expanse of
waves. Only the highest buildings peaked above a silver of sand and a
sea of green marsh. --From At Sea in the City New York is a city of
few boundaries, a city of well-known streets and blocks that ramble
on and on, into our literature, dreams, and nightmares. We know the
city by the byways that split it, streets like Broadway and Madison
and Flatbush and Delancey. From those streets, peering down the
blocks and up at the top floors, the city seems immense and endless.
But long before Broadway was a muddy cart track, the water was the
city's most distinguishing feature and the rivers the only byways of
importance. For people like William Kornblum, the city is shaped by
the water and the people who have sailed it for goods, money,
pirate's loot, and freedom. For them, the city is ever an island, and
Kornblum -- New York City native, longtime sailor, and urban
sociologist -- has spent decades plying its waterways in his ancient
catboat, Tradition. In At Sea in the City, he takes the reader along
as he sails through his hometown, retelling the history of the city's
waterfront and maritime culture and the stories of the men and women
who made the water their own. Along the way, he lays bare the
character of New York, the world's city, in all its resilience and
audacity.
Alone through the roaring forties
(by Vito Dumas; translated by Captain Raymond Johnes; introduction by Jonathan Raban; ISBN: 0071376119;
(hardcover : alk. paper); 78% match)
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If the Shoe Fits
(Rae Ellen Lee, ; ISBN: 1574091182;
Hardcover; 2001-05-01; 78% match)
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