The Little Big Book of New York

by Lena Tabori (Editor), Natasha Tabori Fried (Editor)

The Little Big Book of New York is full of everything that makes New York, well, New York. There are the defining recipes, songs, poetry, and literature, of course. But there's also the history of all sorts of different aspects of the Empire state, from Immigration to the Mob, and facts that will wow even the most "been there, done that" New Yorkers. For example, did you know that some 80 odd years ago there were twice as many people riding the subways as there are today? Hard to believe, but true! Never before has the Greatest City in the World been distilled down into one, hefty little package. Illustrated with vintage postcards, linens and ephemera, this book brings back to life the New York of Old, while remaining true to energy and grandeur that is alive and well in the Big Apple today.
It will include:
SHORT STORIES AND EXCERPTS from Caleb Carr, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Truman Capote, Henry James, Toni Morrison, Betty Smith, Mary McCarthy, and E.L. Doctorow, among others.
POEMS by Sara Teasdale, E.E. cummings, Hart Crane, Emma Lazarus, Langston Hughes, W.H. Auden, Walt Whitman, Frank O'Hara, Ezra Pound, Audre Lorde, and many more.
FACT SPREADS including Famous New Yorkers, Books and Movies set in New York, The Hudson River, Moments in History, Skyscrapers, and Sports.

Genres: Travel

352 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2004

Reviews

[Nan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Typos, some misinformation, and frequent failures to indicate whether they are referring to New York City or New York State at any given time mar what could have been a much better book.

[Kelly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is probably not a book I would have chosen for myself, but while we were shopping at yard sales together, my daughter sneakily bought it for me because she knows how much I love books and also learning interesting facts about people and places. I’ve been picking it up and reading a few pages here and there. My favorite parts were the artwork and the pages of quick facts (I learned a few interesting things!) about various things that are associated with New York. I skipped over the recipes and songs.

[Pamela · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an entertaining mishmash of poems, lyrics, essays, fiction, and trivia facts regarding New York City. Cute illustrations along with the writing provide a few hours of leisurely browsing.

[Caroline · Rating 2 out of 5]

very cute but a lot of the information/facts listed were not accurate (possibly because this was published in 2004)!

[Tony · Rating 3 out of 5]

My Grade = 78% - C

I found this charming, massive hardcover at a thrift shop recently for a quarter, and, thinking that it was a guide book, grabbed it.

It was a nice find, though a guide book it was not. Instead it was filled with poems, songs, stories, excerpts, recipes, essays, excerpts, lists, legends facts. Nothing I could use as a guide on my trip to Finding Neverland next week.

[Brianna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Purchased this book on my NYC honeymoon in 2004 at Books of Wonder, the Manhattan children's bookstore which inspired The Shop Around the Corner in the film You've Got Mail (my favorite movie of all time)... thought it was an appropriate purchse and a wonderful souvenir.