{"product_id":"waterfront-a-walk-around-manhattan-paperback","title":"Waterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePhillip Lopate\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Side, West Side, from the Little Red Lighthouse to Battery Park City, the wonders of Manhattan's waterfront are both celebrated and secret-hidden in plain sight. In his brilliant exploration of this defining yet neglected shoreline, personal essayist Philip Lopate also recovers a part of the city's soul. \u003cbr\u003eA native New Yorker, Lopate has embraced Manhattan by walking every inch of its perimeter, telling stories on the way of pirates (Captain Kidd) and power brokers (Robert Moses), the lowly shipworm and Typhoid Mary, public housing in Harlem and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. He evokes the magic of the once bustling old port from Melville's and Whitman's day to the era of the longshoremen in \u003cb\u003eOn the Waterfront\u003c\/b\u003e, while appraising today's developers and environmental activists, and probing new plans for parks and pleasure domes with river views. Whether escorting us into unfamiliar, hazardous crannies or along a Beaux Arts esplanade, \u003cb\u003eWaterfront\u003c\/b\u003e is a grand literary ramble and defense of urban life by one of our most perceptive observers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eEast Side, West Side, from the Little Red Lighthouse to Battery Park City, the wonders of Manhattan's waterfront are both celebrated and secret-hidden in plain sight. In his brilliant exploration of this defining yet neglected shoreline, personal essayist Philip Lopate also recovers a part of the city's soul. \u003cbr\u003eA native New Yorker, Lopate has embraced Manhattan by walking every inch of its perimeter, telling stories on the way of pirates (Captain Kidd) and power brokers (Robert Moses), the lowly shipworm and Typhoid Mary, public housing in Harlem and the building of the Brooklyn Bridge. He evokes the magic of the once bustling old port from Melville's and Whitman's day to the era of the longshoremen in On the Waterfront, while appraising today's developers and environmental activists, and probing new plans for parks and pleasure domes with river views. Whether escorting us into unfamiliar, hazardous crannies or along a Beaux Arts esplanade, Waterfront is a grand literary ramble and defense of urban life by one of our most perceptive observers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePhillip Lopate is the author of numerous books, including \u003cb\u003eGetting Personal: Selected Writings\u003c\/b\u003e, the essay collections \u003cb\u003eBachelorhood\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eAgainst Joie de Vivre\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eWriting New York\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003ePortrait of My Body\u003c\/b\u003e, and the novels \u003cb\u003eThe Rug Merchant\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eConfessions of Summer\u003c\/b\u003e. Most recently, Lopate authored \u003cb\u003eSeaport: New York's Vanished Waterfront\u003c\/b\u003e, a book of photographs of maritime Manhattan. He is also the editor of \u003cb\u003eThe Art of the Personal Essay\u003c\/b\u003e, and his work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, and many other publications. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and daughter, and teaches at Hofstra University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 421\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.94 x 8.08 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 10, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985770283309,"sku":"9780385497145","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/pd5VcPeANF9780385497145.webp?v=1776138945","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/waterfront-a-walk-around-manhattan-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}