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Up in the Old Hotel by Joseph Mitchell (1992, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-100679412638
ISBN-139780679412632
eBay Product ID (ePID)1575922
Product Key Features
Book TitleUp in the Old Hotel
Publication Year1992
TopicGeneral
Number of Pages736 Pages
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-Classifiable, Fiction
AuthorJoseph Mitchell
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Weight40.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN91-050835
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal813/.54
LC Classification NumberPS3525.I9714U6 1992
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- Dec 11, 2018
A feast of reading
As second-grade students in a Catholic school in New Orleans, my friends and I were surprised to learn that our textbooks had been used by a series of students who lived "up North". I complained that there were fingerprints all over my books. Our teacher explained that Catholic schools could not afford to buy new textbooks. Once we finished using the textbooks, they were passed down to the final users, the students in black schools. Despite the fingerprints, the readers were intriguing. The stories were set in New York City. All of the children looked well fed, with glowing cheeks, new shoes, and fresh, clean clothes. In one picture, Lady Liberty welcomed newcomers to New York. I asked my mother about Lady Liberty. I wanted to go to New York harbor to see her, in person. In another chapter, the story of the Johnstown flood in Pennsylvania fascinated and frightened me. Many years later, I had never lost interest in New York, so when I found a copy of Up in the Old Hotel, I grabbed it and was soon turning page corners down, and penciling notes and comments, and reading through the night. The author, Joseph Mitchell, was a staff writer at The New Yorker Magazine, which means he was paid to recognize clues to what it's like to live in New York. His articles focused on the essence of New York City, illuminating the people who lived in NYC and how they overcame the challenges of living there. Some of the stories showed the smeary fingerprints of people who grew old and then died and were buried in one of the city's graveyards. One of the longer articles is about the seafood that thrives in New York's Harbor, how it is harvested, cooked, and consumed. It is a feast of reading, cover to cover. Mitchell knows some things because he has been exposed all of his life to NYC. Other things he knows because he asks someone--anyone--how a new chapter of life in NYC got started, and who threatened to kill and bury it. Get a copy and take care of it.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Apr 10, 2022
Joseph Mitchell was the Master of the Profile
A collection of profiles of characters living in New York City in the 1930s and 40s that reads like a wonderful short story collection.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 25, 2025
Book in almost perfect shape! Thank you....
Book in almost perfect shape! Thank you.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
