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Downtown 

My Manhattan 

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Pete HamillDowntown (2004)
My Manhattan
A non fiction book by Pete Hamill

 
Hamill has spent most of his life in New York City, and he knows its history and its pulse intimately. In this paean to his hometown, he moves from southernmost Manhattan to its center, and from the city's origins to its current state. Each CD focuses on one area, beginning with Battery Park and working through Trinity Church, the Bowery and the Villages before jumping to the city's heart: Times Square. The only sound effects (brief jazzy riffs) can be heard at the beginning and end of each disc, and the stark quiet of Hamill's narration seems odd for a book about such a noisy city. However, his gruff, seen-it-all voice, filled alternately with wonder at the beauty of a building, disdain for modern trends and indignation at how some worthy historical character has been forgotten, is that of a wise older relative revealing the true past of a place he loves. He speaks often of the "human alloy" of new and old immigrants that comprises Manhattan, and intersperses his own experiences growing up in Brooklyn and coming of age in the Lower East Side. Hamill's narration is somewhat monotonous, but his way of traveling seamlessly through neighborhoods and years, relating fascinating anecdotes and little-known facts, keeps the tour lively. Simultaneous release with the Little, Brown hardcover (Forecasts, Nov. 15, 2004). (Dec.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

 
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January 2005 : Hardback
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January 2005 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 1419327615Title: Downtown
Author(s): Pete Hamill
ISBN: 1-4193-2761-5 / 978-1-4193-2761-2 (USA edition)
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December 2004 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: B000KJTONKTitle: Downtown: My Manhattan
Author(s): Pete Hamill
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December 2004 : Hardback
Cover of ISBN: 0316734519Title: Downtown: My Manhattan
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January 2006 : Paperback
Title: Downtown: My Manhattan
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ISBN: 0-316-01068-5 / 978-0-316-01068-9 (USA edition)
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January 2003 : Paperback
Title: Downtown : My Manhattan
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December 2004 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1415908265Title: Downtown: My Manhatten
Author(s): Pete Hamill
ISBN: 1-4159-0826-5 / 978-1-4159-0826-6 (USA edition)
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December 2004 : Audio CD
Cover of ISBN: 1586217291Title: Downtown: My Manhattan
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ISBN: 1-58621-729-1 / 9781586217297 (USA edition)
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