Clifford Browder

Broschiertes Buch

Fascinating New Yorkers

Power Freaks, Mobsters, Liberated Women, Creators, Queers and Crazies: Power Freaks, Mobsters, Liberated Women, Creators, Queers and Crazies: Power Freaks, Mobsters, Liberated Women, Creators, Queers and Crazies

Beschreibung

Second title in the Wild New York series. Biographical sketches derived from posts in the author's blog, "No Place for Normal: New York." Included are a prostitute's daughter who got to know two ex-kings and a future emperor; a cardinal archbishop known in certain circles as "Franny"; a serial killer who terrorized the city; a baroness who wore teaspoon earrings and a tomato-can bra; and a pioneer in female erotica who had two husbands and kept a "lie box" to keep her two lives straight. And many more, some remembered today and some forgotten, who fulfilled themselves richly or horrendously in the wild and crazy city of New York. Some of these people Browder knew or encountered briefly, and some he got to know through their works. He relates surprising things about J.P. Morgan and his nose; Nicky (Mr. Untouchable) Barnes; Ayn Rand, the high priestess of egoism; and Polly Adler, Queen of Tarts. Getting to know these New Yorkers, readers will be shocked or angered, puzzled or amused, but never bored. New version: The second title in the Wild New York series. Biographical sketches derived from posts in the author's blog "No Place for Normal: New York." Included are a prostitute's daughter who got to know two ex-kings and a future emperor; a cardinal archbishop known in certain circles as "Franny"; a serial killer who terrorized the city; a baroness who wore teaspoon earrings and a tomato-can bra; and a pioneer in female erotica who had two husbands and kept a "lie box" to keep her two lives straight. And many more, some remembered today and some forgotten, who fulfilled themselves richly or horrendously in the wild and crazy city of New York. Some of these people Browder knew or encountered briefly, and some he got to know through their works. He relates surprising things about J.P. Morgan and his nose; Nicky (Mr. Untouchable) Barnes; Ayn Rand, the high priestess of egoism; and Polly Adler, Queen of Tarts. Getting to know these New Yorkers, readers will be shocked or angered, puzzled or amused, but never bored.

Autor

Clifford Browder is a longtime resident of New York, living in the West Village high above the Magnolia Bakery of "Sex and the City" fame. He has published two biographies; two nonfiction titles about New York and New Yorkers; and four historical novels in his ongoing Metropolis series of historical fiction set in nineteenth-century New York. New Yorkers is his third nonfiction work inspired by posts from his blog, "No Place for Normal: New York." His blog and all his fiction and nonfiction deal with the wild, crazy, and profoundly creative city of New York. His poetry has appeared in numerous small reviews, both online and in print. He has never owned a car, a television, or a cell phone, never kills spiders, and is fascinated by slime molds and the mushroom known as Destroying Angel. Mostly vegan, he eats garlic for its culinary and medicinal values, and its reputed ability to keep off vampires. (So far, it seems to be working.)

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Clifford Browder
• Seitenzahl: 380
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 477g
• ISBN-13: 9781733378246
• ISBN-10: 1733378243
• Artikelnr.: 62606903