Up in the Old Hotel, and Other Stories (Audiobook)

from pnorman4345

this is a series of mostly non-fiction pieces from the New Yorker describing people. Who: The rivermen in New Jersey, the people of Mcsorly's Wonderful saloon, the people of Fulton fish market, fishermen who supply the market, people down and out., the people who used to get oyster out of New Yor...

from d.homsher

Stories about New York City and environs, by New Yorker essayist. Joseph Mitchell was a fine essay writer. He apparently enjoyed walking around New York City, visiting neighborhoods and places where he could sniff old, original city industries: especially the salty industries, anything that invol...

from mkhobson

This is one of my favorite books of all time. The stories evoke 1920s-30s New York in an utterly engaging, charming way. The characters are strange and fascinating, the writing is lapidary. Anyone who wants to learn how to write should make a study of this book.

from jpporter

This edition is a collection of four books written by Joseph Mitchell, late essayist for the New Yorker. The essays contained therein cover the period from the late 1930's to the early 1950's. The essays, which amount to a common history of life in New York, are noteworthy for three reasons. Firs...

from stacy_chambers

I've read this book many times over. It just never gets old. Mitchell's nonfiction reads like good fiction, and his profiles of the bums, outcasts, and miscreants of New York are poignant and heartbreaking and sometimes exalting. Ironically, his attempts at fiction fall short of his profiles, but...