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For the last three hundred years, and through all its social and economic transformations, The Bronx has been a major literary center that many prominent writers have called home.
Bringing together a variety of past literary figures as well as emerging talents, this comprehensive book captures the Zeitgeist of the neighborhood through the eyes of its writers. Included are selections from the writings of Jack Kerouac, Mark Twain, James Baldwin, James Fenimore Cooper, Tom Wolfe, Herman Wouk, Theodore Dreiser, Washington Irving, Clifford Odets, Cynthia Ozick, Grace Paley, Edgar Allan Poe, Chaim Potok, Kate Simon, Leon Trotsky, and Sholem Aleichem.
Lloyd Ultan and Barbara Unger place the literature of these and other writers in historical context and reproduce one hundred vintage photographs that bring the writings to life. Filtered through the imaginations of authors of different times, ethnic groups, social classes, and literary styles, the borough of The Bronx emerges not only as a shaper of destinies and lives, but as an important literary mecca.
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Genesis: The Colonial and Revolutionary Bronx, 1639--1800
Out of Town: The Suburban Bronx, 1800--1898
``Like Country'': The Urbanization of The Bronx, 1898--1940
A Step Up: The Bronx in the Boom Times, 1919-1929
A Step Left: The Bronx in the Great Depression, 1929--1940
The Bronx Home Front: The War Years, 1936--1950
The Perils of Prosperity: The Bronx in the Postwar Years, 1946--1961
The Urban Crisis: The Bronx in the Years of Change and Unrest, 1961--1980
Devastation: The Bronx Is Burning, 1965--1991
Coping: The Bronx Endures, 1961--1988
The Phoenix: The Bronx Rises from the Ashes, 1975--2000
Index
