The Bowery Boys

The Bowery Boys
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 399
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781612435763
ISBN-13 : 1612435769
Rating : 4/5 (769 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The Bowery Boys by : Greg Young

Download or read book The Bowery Boys written by Greg Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys’ official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast. It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren’t history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City’s past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York’s old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts. Praise for The Bowery Boys “Among the best city-centric series.” —New York Times “Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history.” —NPR “Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms.” —Village Voice “Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl is based.” —The Guardian


The Bowery Boys Related Books

The Bowery Boys
Language: en
Pages: 399
Authors: Greg Young
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-06-21 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys’ official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast. It was 2007.
The Life and Adventures of Steve Brodie, B. J., of the Bowery, New York
Language: en
Pages: 56
Authors: Robert Neilson Stephens
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1897 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Manhattan
Language: en
Pages: 64
Authors: Jennifer Thermes
Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-08-06 - Publisher: Abrams

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Told in dazzling maps and informative sidebars, Manhattan explores the 400+ year history of Manhattan Island. From before its earliest settlement to the vibrant
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
Language: en
Pages: 213
Authors: Kristin Stultz Pressley
Categories: Music
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-01-28 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and . . . Dorothy Fields. These are the giants of the golden age of musical theater. Although sh
Rogues' Gallery
Language: en
Pages: 529
Authors: John Oller
Categories: True Crime
Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-09-21 - Publisher: Penguin

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the beginnings of big-city police work to the rise of the Mafia, Rogues' Gallery is a colorful and captivating history of crime and punishment in the bustl