Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights
by Daniel Manus Pinkwater
published
1991
by Addison Wesley Publishing Company
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Hardcover, 168 pages
isbn
0201523590
(isbn13: 9780201523591)
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Read in February, 2001
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Narrator: Daniel M. Pinkwater
Publisher: Phoenix Audio, 1999
Length: 2 hours and 19 min.
Publisher's Summary
In this comical collection of memories, storyteller Daniel Pinkwater tells how he grew into the beloved figure he is today: a robust genius of the printed page and a rotund genie of the radio. In inimitable fashion, Pinkwater recounts the conversation with his father that suddenly made him an art major in college. He describes his inauguration as a scu...more
Narrator: Daniel M. Pinkwater
Publisher: Phoenix Audio, 1999
Length: 2 hours and 19 min.
Publisher's Summary
In this comical collection of memories, storyteller Daniel Pinkwater tells how he grew into the beloved figure he is today: a robust genius of the printed page and a rotund genie of the radio. In inimitable fashion, Pinkwater recounts the conversation with his father that suddenly made him an art major in college. He describes his inauguration as a scu...more
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If Freud had never opened his big yap, we might not need this book. But as it stands, I'm glad there are books like this to reorient me to the possibility of happiness in the modern world.
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recommends it for:
City-dwellers
This book cemented my love for cities (and the City), plus inveigling me into the mysteries of art. So there's a lot to thank/blame it for. Give it a shot.
This book cemented my love for cities (and the City), plus inveigling me into the mysteries of art. So there's a lot to thank/blame it for. Give it a shot.
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Read in January, 1999
Daniel Pinkwater is among those authors who must be heard, especially reading his autobiographies - Chicago Days, Hoboken Nights and Fishwhistle.
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