Paradise Bronx: The Life and Times of New York's Greatest Borough by Ian Frazier

Description: Paradise Bronx by Ian Frazier "Ian Fraziers magnum opus: a love song to New York Citys most various and alive borough"-- FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Ian Fraziers magnum opus: a love song to New York Citys most heterogeneous and alive borough. For the past fifteen years, Ian Frazier has been walking the Bronx. Paradise Bronx reveals the amazingly rich and tumultuous history of this amazingly various piece of our greatest city. From Jonas Bronck, who bought land from the local Native Americans, to the formerly gang-wracked South Bronx that gave birth to hip-hop, Fraziers loving exploration is a moving tour de force about the polyglot culture that is America today. During the Revolution, when the Bronx was unclaimed territory known as the Neutral Ground, some of the wars decisive battles were fought here by George Washingtons troops. Gouverneur Morris, one of the most colorful Founding Fathers, owned a huge swath of the Bronx, where he lived when he was not in Paris during the French Revolution or helping write the US Constitution. Frazier shows us how the coming of the railroads and the subways drove the settling of the Bronx by various waves of immigration-- Irish, Italian, Jewish (think the Grand Concourse), African American, Caribbean, Puerto Rican (J.Lo is one of the boroughs most famous citizens). The romance of the Yankees, the disaster of the Cross Bronx Expressway, the invention of rap and hip-hop, the resurgence of community as the boroughs communities learn mutual aid--all are investigated, recounted, and celebrated in Fraziers inimitable voice. This is a book like no other about a quintessential American city and the resilience and beauty of its citizens. Author Biography Ian Fraziers books, all published by FSG, include Great Plains, Travels in Siberia, Dating Your Mom, and many other classic works of nonfiction and humor. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Review "Frazier loves the idea of uncovering what people might not clearly see--might not even be looking for--and connecting it to the present day . . . Though its as fundamentally foolish as declaring a Great American Novelist, if forced to pick a Great American Nonfiction Writer, I might choose Ian Frazier, because his work has always resolutely quested to explore, experience, and explain his nation." --Dan Kois, Slate"Ancient Rome had its Livy, and now the Bronx has its epic chronicler in Ian Frazier . . . a compelling chronicle of the Bronx, all the more effective for its clear-eyed take on a subject so often drenched in sentimentalityor distaste." --Edward Kosner, The Wall Street Journal "A profound portrait of this storied place . . . Vivid profiles of historical figures . . . The culmination of many years of passionate inquiry, Fraziers deep history--grandly detailed, vibrant, and caring--does right by the resilient, ever-morphing Bronx." --Booklist (starred review) "[An] appreciation of a unique area that will appeal to those who have had enough tales of Manhattan." -- Kirkus Reviews "Having grown up in the Bronx, and having always thought of the borough as a series of interchangeable immigrant neighborhoods, this book comes as a marvelously encyclopedic surprise, full of historical dazzle and cultural richness. An absolute pleasure to read!" --Vivian Gornick, author of Unfinished Business: Notes of a Chronic Re-Reader "Once known as the Jewish Borough, the Bronx is the real New York. Resilient, diverse, tolerant, brash, ethnic, competitive, and ambitious, it seemed to have everything, not just the Yankees and the Bronx Zoo, but Parkchester, City Island, the real Little Italy, Orchard Beach, Loehmanns, the Loews Paradise, Krums and Jahns ice cream parlors, and the largest produce market in the western hemisphere. Readers may not agree with all of Ian Fraziers many judgments, but they will enjoy the tales and the anecdotes. If you ever lived in the Bronx, you cant miss this entertaining and informative book which brings us up to the present." --Kenneth T. Jackson, editor-in-chief, The Encyclopedia of New York City, and president emeritus of the New-York Historical Society. Details ISBN0374280568 Publisher Farrar, Straus and Giroux Year 2024 ISBN-13 9780374280567 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2024-08-20 Imprint Farrar, Straus and Giroux Audience General Subtitle The Life and Times of New Yorks Greatest Borough Pages 576 DEWEY 917.47275 Author Ian Frazier We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161276599;

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