The Bottom of the Harbor
by Mitchell, Joseph
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Northport, New York, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1959. Stated Second Printing; 8vo.; black cloth covered boards, hardcover; 243 pages; former owner's name written on front free endpaper and boards and top spine end are frayed else good in a sunned and heavily edgeworn dust jacket.
Synopsis
Joseph Mitchell came to New York from North Carolina the day after the 1929 stock market crash. After eight years as a reporter and feature writer at various newspapers, he joined the staff of The New Yorker, where he remained until his death in 1996 at the age of eighty-seven. His other books include McSorley's Wonderful Saloon, My Ears Are Bent, Up in the Old Hotel, Old Mr. Flood, and Joe Gould's Secret.
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Details
- Bookseller
- WellRead Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 48372
- Title
- The Bottom of the Harbor
- Author
- Mitchell, Joseph
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1959
- Keywords
- New York, Manners and Customs, Social Life, New York Harbor, Waterfronts
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