false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166334134m/10814.jpg 10814 5 "On any person who desires such queer prizes, New York will bestow the gift of loneliness and the gift of privacy." So begins E.B. White's classic meditation on that noisiest, most public of American cities. Written during the summer of 1948, well after the author and editor had taken up permanent residence in Maine, <I>Here Is New York</I> is a fond glance back at the city of his youth, when White was one of the "young worshipful beginners" who give New York its passionate character. It's also a tribute to the sheer implausibility of the place--the tangled infrastructure, the teeming humanity, the dearth of air and light. Much has changed since White wrote this essay, yet in a city "both changeless and changing" there are things here that will doubtless ring equally true 100 years from now. To wit, "New Yorkers temperamentally do not crave comfort and convenience--if they did they would live elsewhere." <p> Anyone who's ever cherished his essays--or even <I>Charlotte's Web</I>--knows that White is the most elegant of all possible stylists. There's not a sentence here that does not make itself felt right down to the reader's very bones. What would the author make of Giuliani's New York? Or of Times Square, Disney-style? It's hard to say for sure. But not even Planet Hollywood could ruin White's abiding sense of wonder: "The city is like poetry: it compresses all life ... into a small island and adds music and the accompaniment of internal engines." This lovely new edition marks the 100th anniversary of E.B. White's birth--cause for celebration indeed. <I>--Mary Park</I> 13435 1949 Here is New York total:548|5:311|4:185|3:47|2:5|1:0| 548 2446 812 107 5 3 false false Fri Sep 07 10:49:03 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 11 09:05:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 22 16:35:58 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 22 16:37:24 -0800 2008
The dude gets it right, even 50 years later.

E.B. White's "Here is New York" is a 56 page/7500 word essay about NY.

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"New York is peculiarly constructed to absorb almost anything that comes along [...] without inflicting the event on its inhabitants so th...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Jan 31 11:11:39 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 22:24:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon May 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 20:54:39 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 21:02:00 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Nov 09 17:29:13 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 09 17:29:13 -0800 2008
"The subtlest change in New York is something people don't speak much about but that is in everyone's mind. The city, for the first time in its long history, is destructible. A single flight of planes no bigger than a wedge of geese can quickly end thi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 19 13:12:03 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 13:12:03 -0800 2008
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This book is, as a quote on the back cover of the 50th anniversary edition states, "the finest portrait of the city." It is amazing to think that an essay written in 1948 could capture so perfectly the essence and heart of a city that has, to all appearances, c...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:52:03 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 08:55:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jan 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 03 14:06:31 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 18:03:12 -0800 2009
Set over a half-century ago in a very different New York, I can't help but be optimistic for the future of the city anyhow. Seen through E.B. White's eyes, it can take on anything and anyone, even if we sometimes feel as though the city forgets itself all the time...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 12:56:45 -0700 2009 Sun Jun 14 13:02:32 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Aug 06 07:41:40 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 06 07:44:56 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Nov 26 12:29:27 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 19:46:23 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 26 12:29:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=10814