The Bottom of the Harbor
by Joseph Mitchell
published
2000
by Jonathan Cape
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Hardcover, 208 pages
isbn
0224060597
(isbn13: 9780224060592)
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Read in August, 2006
love much of mitchells' writing. histories of new york waterways, ocean floors, harbors, abandoned seaport buildings, etc. throughout i wished i could have lived similar experiences first hand, but also nice to get an older local perspective from a new york journalist that liked to wander. however, a couple of the essays drag enough to make you look up how many pages you have yet to go...
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Read in November, 2007
It's ok. The first piece, about a hotel that time forgot, rises to a good story. And the piece about super sized harbor rats is creepily entertaining. There is something to be said for Mitchell capturing a disappeared bayfront culture. But the rest bogged down in the snooze-inducing detail of overly long New Yorker non-fiction: everything you wanted to know about clams.
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Read in January, 2003
A series of essays on the old fishing life of New York. Its sad as he's writing about how much is lost and this was copyrighted 1944 and you can't help but wonder how much has been lost since then. But it's well written and sympathetic without being maudlin.
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Read in August, 2008
its ok.
maybe its the writing style of the 1930's to a generation x find set, but it was slow reading as you rambled on one thought for 15 pages before moving onto the next.
very descriptive and interesting imainging nyc during this time.
maybe its the writing style of the 1930's to a generation x find set, but it was slow reading as you rambled on one thought for 15 pages before moving onto the next.
very descriptive and interesting imainging nyc during this time.
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