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The Resource The Bowery : the strange history of New York's oldest street, Stephen Paul DeVillo

The Bowery : the strange history of New York's oldest street, Stephen Paul DeVillo

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The Bowery : the strange history of New York's oldest street
Title
The Bowery
Title remainder
the strange history of New York's oldest street
Statement of responsibility
Stephen Paul DeVillo
Title variation
Bowery
Title variation remainder
the strange history of New Yorks oldest street
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Language
eng
Summary
"It was the street your mother warned you about--even if you lived in San Francisco. Long associated with skid row, saloons, freak shows, violence, and vice, the Bowery often showed the worst New York City had to offer. Yet there were times when it showed its best as well. The Bowery is New York's oldest street and Manhattan's broadest boulevard. Like the city itself, it has continually reinvented itself over the centuries. Named for the Dutch farms, or bouweries, of the area, the path's lurid character was established early when it became the site of New Amsterdam's first murder. A natural spring near the Five Points neighborhood led to breweries and taverns that became home to the gangs of New York--the "Bowery B'hoys," "Plug Uglies," and "Dead Rabbits." In the Gaslight Era, teenaged streetwalkers swallowed poison in McGurk's Suicide Hall. A brighter side to the street was reflected in places of amusement and culture over the years. A young P.T. Barnum got his start there, and Harry Houdini learned showmanship playing the music halls and dime museums. Poets, singers, hobos, gangsters, soldiers, travelers, preachers, storytellers, con-men, and reformers all gathered there. Its colorful cast of characters include Peter Stuyvesant, Steve Brodie, Carrie Nation, Stephen Foster, Stephen Crane, Carrie Joy Lovett, and even Abraham Lincoln. The Bowery: The Strange History of New York's Oldest Street traces the full story of this once notorious thoroughfare from its pre-colonial origins to the present day."--Goodreads.com
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10612667
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DeVillo, Stephen Paul
Dewey number
974.7/1
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  • illustrations
  • plates
Index
index present
LC call number
F128.67.B6
LC item number
D48 2017
Literary form
non fiction
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bibliography
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  • Bowery (New York, N.Y. : Street)
  • Historic sites
  • Street addresses
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • New York (N.Y.)
  • Historic sites
  • Manners and customs
  • Social conditions
  • Street addresses
  • New York (State)
  • New York (State)
  • HISTORY / United States / 19th Century
  • HISTORY / United States / 20th Century
  • HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
  • HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775)
  • HISTORY / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
  • HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban
  • TRAVEL / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
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the strange history of New York's oldest street
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The Bowery : the strange history of New York's oldest street, Stephen Paul DeVillo
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Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-250) and index
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volume
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rdacarrier
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1954261
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
258 pages, 16 pages of plates
Isbn
9781510726864
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unmediated
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rdamedia
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  • n
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illustrations
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  • (Sirsi) i9781510726864
  • (OCoLC)974699762
Label
The Bowery : the strange history of New York's oldest street, Stephen Paul DeVillo
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-250) and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
1954261
Dimensions
24 cm
Extent
258 pages, 16 pages of plates
Isbn
9781510726864
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
  • (Sirsi) i9781510726864
  • (OCoLC)974699762

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