New York in the Fifties (Paperback)
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New York in the Fifties (Paperback)
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from etxgardener
Dan Wakefield writes nostalgically about his time in New York City from his college days at Columbia until he leaves for Boston on a Nieman Fellowship in 1963, and makes the reader feel nostalgic too. Nostalgic for the days when rents were affordable, when jazz greats were playing in smoky clubs ...
from cmeatto
My generation always thinks it began to happen here in the late 1960s. Turns out NYC was pretty cool and interesting place in the Fifties, Mad Men notwithstahding, I grew up reading Wakefield's journalism here, and this book shines,
from kerns222
The final male generation to wear ties and jackets during their post-teen literary and lifestyle revolt is celebrated with a nostalgic look at the village: sex, jazz, alcohol and real writing (real according to Wakefield; he didn't like Kerouac's writing, but grew to respect him, somewhat). Wakef...
from lisapeet
The writing was somewhat artless, which was both good-not gushy or overly romantic, which would have been the kiss of death for the subject-but also not fiercely compelling. Still, overall it was a fun read. It relates to my job in a kind of tangential and interesting way-these are the old guys I...
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