O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular, Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels
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AlbakiReads Editorial Albany’s political history, social fabric, and larger-than-life local figures
Albany’s political history, social fabric, and larger-than-life local figures
William Kennedy combines journalism and memoir to assemble a civic portrait of Albany through its neighborhoods, ethnic and social communities, and public personalities. The book ranges across municipal power, Prohibition-era notoriety, urban change, and the city’s landmark marble government project, tracing figures such as longtime mayor Erastus Corning, political boss Dan O’Connell, Olivia Rorie, Jack “Legs” Diamond, and Nelson Rockefeller. Fifty-five vintage photographs and eleven specially drawn maps add visual and geographic context to this account of a city shaped by political institutions and memorable citizens.
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- Readers interested in 20th-century U.S. urban and political history
- Fans of place-centered nonfiction blending history and memoir
- Those curious about Albany, New York, and its civic culture
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Albany historyMunicipal politicsEthnic and social neighborhoodsUrban changeLocal public figures
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Book Overview The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed offers an eloquent history of his colorful hometown in this marvelous book that's part jour...
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Ironweed offers an eloquent history of his colorful hometown in this marvelous book that's part journalism and part memoir.
William Kennedy's celebrated cycle of novels has put Albany on the literary map. In O Albany! we visit the city's ethnic and social neighborhoods. We meet uncommon characters who tread on Kennedy's stage--Erastus Corning, America's longest-running mayor (forty-three years in office); the Prohibition celebrity Jack "Legs" Diamond; the black matriarch Olivia Rorie, who transformed Albany's slums; Nelson Rockefeller and the "greatest marble project in the history of the world"; the political boss Dan O'Connell, who took City Hall in 1921 and never let go, even after he died.
Embellished with fifty-five vintage photographs and eleven maps drawn for this book, O Albany! is a historical lover letter from Kennedy to his native city.
"A nice blend of nostalgia and serious history...You come away from this book's fascinating view of the American experience, the human experience, feeling hopeful."--The New York Times Book Review
William Kennedy's celebrated cycle of novels has put Albany on the literary map. In O Albany! we visit the city's ethnic and social neighborhoods. We meet uncommon characters who tread on Kennedy's stage--Erastus Corning, America's longest-running mayor (forty-three years in office); the Prohibition celebrity Jack "Legs" Diamond; the black matriarch Olivia Rorie, who transformed Albany's slums; Nelson Rockefeller and the "greatest marble project in the history of the world"; the political boss Dan O'Connell, who took City Hall in 1921 and never let go, even after he died.
Embellished with fifty-five vintage photographs and eleven maps drawn for this book, O Albany! is a historical lover letter from Kennedy to his native city.
"A nice blend of nostalgia and serious history...You come away from this book's fascinating view of the American experience, the human experience, feeling hopeful."--The New York Times Book Review
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 432 | Language: English | Publisher: PENGUIN GROUP | ISBN: 0140074163
FormatPaperback
Pages432
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0140074163
EAN9780140074161
PublisherPENGUIN GROUP
Publication Date1985-09-03
EditionReprint
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight0.63 Pounds
Length7.75 Inches
Width5.05 Inches
Height0.83 Inches
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