About this title: This acclaimed history of New York concentrates on the city's dark underside, particularly in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A gifted writer with a lucid yet lyrical style, Sante brings an incredible secret history to life. He writes of saloons frequented only by street urchins under the age of twelve, of waterfront hotels with trapdoors in the floor for the easy disposal of bodies, and of a host of other factoids that he unearthed during years of research in dusty municipal archives.
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Description: Very Good. 0679738762 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition with light discoloration due to aging and other light wear. read more
Edition: 8th Printing
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738763ISBN:0679738762
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light edge wear o/w clean book. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1992-09-29
ISBN-13:9780679738763ISBN:0679738762
Description: Very Good. 1992 first vintage pb edition, cover has minimal wear, spine not creased, outer page edges smudging, inner pages clean tight no markings, many b&w photos, fascinating look at another side of nyc, not ex lib, no remainder marks, deliv confirm u11128. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books / Random House, New York
Date Published: 1992
Description: Near Fine. 8vo. Copyright 1991. Stated as "First Vintage Departures Edition, October 1992" but there is a '10' at bottom of CR page-possibly indicating this as a tenth printing. A NEAR FINE, fresh copy, totally ummarked, tightly bound. Bit of wear to bottom right corner of front cover but otherwise cover is fine, no creasing to spine. 5 x 8"; xxii + 414 pages. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1992-09-29
ISBN-13:9780679738763ISBN:0679738762
Description: New. New Book. The book shows time wear. Otherwise new condition. Free tracking # included! International buyers are welcome. We ship every business day. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Description: Acceptable. Ships from the UK. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Your purchase also supports literacy charities. read more
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780374528997. read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books USA
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738763ISBN:0679738762
Description: New. No dust jacket as issued. APPEARS BRAND NEW-LARGE SOFT COVER-CLEAN AND TIGHT. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 480 p. Contains: Illustrations. Vintage Departures. Audience: General/trade. LARGE SOFT COVER-CLEAN AND TIGHT. NF-L 1992, Vintage Books USA. 20th century; General; History; Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA); New York; New York (State); Non-Fiction; Social conditions; Social Science; Sociology; State & Local; Travel; United States; Urban. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Vintage Books; Vintage Departures Ser., New York
Date Published: 1992
ISBN-13:9780679738763ISBN:0679738762
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xxii, 414 pp., illus., map, bib. notes, index; 21 cm. Near fine. Name/price whited-out on flyleaf, otherwise tight & clean. Appears unread. An entertaining history of New York, particularly downtown, in the late nineteenth century. With 63 photographs. "From opium dens to the Bowery's suicide saloons, this lively, learned work of outlaw urban history ushers readers through the dark heart of New York City in the years between 1840 and 1919. "-Publisher. read more
"An exhaustively researched portrait of the New York of the nineteenth and early twentieth century which ignores the rise of the boosters and big business and concentrates on the city's vast underbelly. The "anything goes" atmosphere of the period is striking as the young nation began to find its feet, although New York was, as now, more of an international city state than an intrinsically American city.
This is the period depicted in the Scorsese film "Gangs of New York" and just as that film is hard to like beside more comprehensible portraits of more modern times ("The Godfather Part II", "Goodfellas"), it's often easy to see the events described in "Low Life" as remote and too far in the past. That Sante helps bring the Victotian age city to life is a huge credit and leaves us urging him to bring his attention to subsequent time frames. This edition includes an excellent afterword from 2003 which shows just how far New York has changed."
"A fabulous history of the Lower East Side of Manhattan's gritty past. Hard to juxtapose it against the Renaissance that has turned the neighborhood into one of NYC's most hippest and desirable."
"I loved this book and this reminds me I should reread it. Sante brings alive the New York of my immigrant grandparents. He reminds us how relatively young the city is and how recent its enormous strides into commerce, culture and refinement. Anyone who loves NY like I do or who has family history there should read this fascinating, well written, carefully researched work. It's a real page turner too!"
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