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Here Is New York

E.B. White,

Roger Angell (Introduction)

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Dec 30, 2014 Rachel rated it it was amazing

Shelves: nonfiction, classics, essays

I don't know why I had to round up to having finished 75 books, but I did when I realized I was at 74 with two days to go. So I did it. I scoured the shelf to find something short enough and found this. I had read it before, but I loved it yet again. What an excellent way to end the year. And it was interesting having read it right before moving to NYC and only having visited, and then 6 years after I moved here. ...more

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Apr 10, 2011 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it liked it

Shelves: travel, nonfiction, new-york-city

E. B. White shares his vision of New York City, a world of contrasts. My favorite image from this short book is that he describes in the last paragraph of the book is that of an old willow tree growing in an interior garden. He says it "symbolizes the city: life under difficulties, growth against odds, sap-rise in the midst of concrete, and the steady reaching for the sun." As always with E. B. White, lovely writing.

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