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New York Diaries
1609 to 2009
Hardcover, 486 pages, Random House Inc, List Price: $26 | purchase
Book Summary
Draws on library archives, historical societies and private estates in a year-long tribute to New York that is comprised of diary entries selected from four centuries of writings by famous city natives, visitors and artists. Edited by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the best-selling Missing Beauty.
This book is about:
- Diaries,
- New York (N.Y.),
- Social life and customs,
- History
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'Diaries' Reveals New York Through The Ages
January 3, 2012 In New York Diaries, editor Teresa Carpenter presents 400 years of diary excerpts written by people who've lived in or just passed through one of the greatest cities in the world.
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