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Cargando... Capital of the World: A Portrait of New York City in the Roaring Twentiespor David Wallace
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Looks at the history of nineteen twenties New York City through anecdotes and profiles of people who personified the decade, including Lucky Luciano, Jimmy Walker, Polly Adler, Arturo Toscanini, Alexander Woollcott, and Dorothy Parker. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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Wallace’s book is a survey, not a deep dive, into the key people and moments of the decade. It’s all here: Mobsters, jazz, Prohibition, Harlem, the Algonquin Round Table, and more.
One complaint: Somewhere in here, twice, he misspells “expatriate” as “ex-patriot.” Egad. Worse still, it’s right later in the book. Needs a better editor!
This book will whet your appetite, but it won’t fill you up.
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