Brooklyn By Name

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Brooklyn By Name

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Author : Leonard Benardo
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2006-07-01

Brooklyn By Name written by Leonard Benardo and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-07-01 with History categories.

An intriguing sojourn through the streets and neighborhoods of Brooklyn examines more than five hundred of the metropolis's most prominent place names, organized alphabetically by region, to uncover the real-life stories, history, and prominent citizens behind each. Simultaneous.

Brooklyn

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Author : Colm Toibin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009

Brooklyn written by Colm Toibin and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.

From the author of "The Master" comes a moving novel about a young immigrant in 1950's Brooklyn who is torn between her Irish roots and the man who wins her heart.

Names Of New York

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Author : Joshua Jelly-Schapiro
language : en
Publisher: Pantheon
Release Date : 2021-04-13

Names Of New York written by Joshua Jelly-Schapiro and has been published by Pantheon this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-13 with History categories.

"A casually wondrous experience; it made me feel like the city was unfolding beneath my feet.” —Jia Tolentino, author of Trick Mirror In place-names lie stories. That’s the truth that animates this fascinating journey through the names of New York City’s streets and parks, boroughs and bridges, playgrounds and neighborhoods. Exploring the power of naming to shape experience and our sense of place, Joshua Jelly-Schapiro traces the ways in which native Lenape, Dutch settlers, British invaders, and successive waves of immigrants have left their marks on the city’s map. He excavates the roots of many names, from Brooklyn to Harlem, that have gained iconic meaning worldwide. He interviews the last living speakers of Lenape, visits the harbor’s forgotten islands, lingers on street corners named for ballplayers and saints, and meets linguists who study the estimated eight hundred languages now spoken in New York. As recent arrivals continue to find new ways to make New York’s neighborhoods their own, the names that stick to the city’s streets function not only as portals to explore the past but also as a means to reimagine what is possible now.

My Name Is Brooklyn

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Author : name gift
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-01-29

My Name Is Brooklyn written by name gift and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-01-29 with categories.

"Daily Diary / journal / notebook to write in, for creative writing, for creating lists... My name is the best name in the World, my name is Brooklyn 6 x 9 with 120 Page Softcover bookbinding Flexible Paperback "

Indian Names Of Places In The Borough Of Brooklyn

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Author : William Wallace Tooker
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015-07-27

Indian Names Of Places In The Borough Of Brooklyn written by William Wallace Tooker and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-27 with Social Science categories.

Excerpt from Indian Names of Places in the Borough of Brooklyn: With Historical and Ethnological Notes The maize lands or cornfields, so frequently mentioned in the early records, were found already cleared, broken up, and cultivated by the rude clam-shell hoes of the squaws and well fertilized by the fish that were scattered annually over the ground by the same hands. These attributes, at the very beginning of settlement, saved the thrifty Dutch farmers untold labor. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

When Brooklyn Was The World 1920 1957

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Author : Elliot Willensky
language : en
Publisher: Harmony
Release Date : 1986

When Brooklyn Was The World 1920 1957 written by Elliot Willensky and has been published by Harmony this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1986 with History categories.

Around the corner. The next block. Across the At the end of the line. Borough Park. Gowanus. Flatbush. Canarsie. Ridgewood. Greenpoint. Brownsville. Bay Ridge. Bensonhurst. City Line. What was the place called Brooklyn really like back then... when Brooklyn was the world? Elliot Willensky, born in Brooklyn and now official Borough Historian, takes us back to a sweeter time when a trip on the new BMT subway was a delightful adventure, when summer days were a picnic on the sand and evenings were Nathan's hotdogs at Coney Island and a whirl of lights, spills, and chills at dazzling Luna Park. Remembering Brooklyn, it's the neighborhoods you think of first -- or maybe it's your own block, the one you were raised on. In those days, the street was a more animated, more colorful place. Jacks and jump rope, hit-the-stick, double-dutch and skelly or potsy (hopscotch to you) were played everywhere. The street was a natural amphitheater, and the stoop was the perfect place for grown-ups to sit and watch and visit with neighbors. Stores-on-wheels selling fruit, baked goods, and the old standby, seltzer, rolled right down the block, and the Fuller Brush man and Electrolux vacuum-cleaner salesmen worked door to door, saving housewives countless shopping trips. For many, a big night out was dinner at a Chinese restaurant, where 99 percent of the patrons were non-Chinese, and you could get mysterious-sounding dishes like moo goo gai pan and subgum chow mein -- "One from column A, two from column B." If you could afford to go somewhere really classy, the Marine Roof of the Bossert Hotel was one of the hottest nightspots. A hot date on Saturday night featured big bands at the clubs on TheStrip (Flatbush Avenue below Prospect Park) -- the Patio, the Parakeet Club, the Circus Lounge -- or gala stage shows at the Brooklyn Academy of Music or the enormous Paramount Theatre. Still, for family entertainment you couldn't beat a day at the beach and a night on Surf Avenue, taking in the sideshows and the penny arcades. For Brooklyn, the years between 1920 and 1957 were a special time. It was in 1920 that the subway system reached to Brooklyn's outer edge -- linking the entire borough with Manhattan and making it an ideal spot for millions of new families to build their homes. The end of the era came in 1957 -- the last year that Brooklyn's beloved Dodgers played at Ebbets Field before moving to sunny California. For many loyal fans the fate of "Dem Bums" represents the fate of Brooklyn. With a brilliant, entertaining text and hundreds of exciting, nostalgic photographs (many never before published), When Brooklyn Was the World recovers the history of this lively city, as remembered by the millions of people who knew Brooklyn in its golden era.

The Thirty Names Of Night

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Author : Zeyn Joukhadar
language : en
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date : 2020-11-24

The Thirty Names Of Night written by Zeyn Joukhadar and has been published by Atria Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-24 with Fiction categories.

Winner of the ALA Stonewall Book Award—Barbara Gittings Literature Award Named Best Book of the Year by Bustle Named Most Anticipated Book of the Year by The Millions, Electric Literature, and HuffPost ​The author of the “vivid and urgent…important and timely” (The New York Times Book Review) debut The Map of Salt and Stars returns with this remarkably moving and lyrical novel following three generations of Syrian Americans who are linked by a mysterious species of bird and the truths they carry close to their hearts. Five years after a suspicious fire killed his ornithologist mother, a closeted Syrian American trans boy sheds his birth name and searches for a new one. He has been unable to paint since his mother’s ghost has begun to visit him each evening. As his grandmother’s sole caretaker, he spends his days cooped up in their apartment, avoiding his neighborhood masjid, his estranged sister, and even his best friend (who also happens to be his longtime crush). The only time he feels truly free is when he slips out at night to paint murals on buildings in the once-thriving Manhattan neighborhood known as Little Syria. One night, he enters the abandoned community house and finds the tattered journal of a Syrian American artist named Laila Z, who dedicated her career to painting the birds of North America. She famously and mysteriously disappeared more than sixty years before, but her journal contains proof that both his mother and Laila Z encountered the same rare bird before their deaths. In fact, Laila Z’s past is intimately tied to his mother’s—and his grandmother’s—in ways he never could have expected. Even more surprising, Laila Z’s story reveals the histories of queer and transgender people within his own community that he never knew. Realizing that he isn’t and has never been alone, he has the courage to officially claim a new name: Nadir, an Arabic name meaning rare. As unprecedented numbers of birds are mysteriously drawn to the New York City skies, Nadir enlists the help of his family and friends to unravel what happened to Laila Z and the rare bird his mother died trying to save. Following his mother’s ghost, he uncovers the silences kept in the name of survival by his own community, his own family, and within himself, and discovers the family that was there all along. Featuring Zeyn Joukhadar’s signature “magical and heart-wrenching” (The Christian Science Monitor) storytelling, The Thirty Names of Night is a timely exploration of how we all search for and ultimately embrace who we are.

My Name Is Brooklyn

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Author : Big Red Button
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2018-12-14

My Name Is Brooklyn written by Big Red Button and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-12-14 with categories.

Wanna see if we have your child's name on one of our personalized books? Just search: Big Red Button + personalized + their name This book has been PERSONALIZED with the child's name you see on the cover. This 50 page primary tracing workbook is perfect for children in preschool and kindergarten that are learning to write their first name. What an important part of your child's life. Your child will learn to write their name by tracing it, copying it and finally writing it from memory. Included in this workbook are: 20 pages to trace their name 20 pages to copy their name 10 pages to practice writing their name from memory THERE IS TONS OF PRACTICE POTENTIAL IN THIS BOOK! This book features: 50 practice sheets 1" ruling 1/2" dotted midline Quality paper A larger book size measuring 8 1/2" x 11" which is perfect for little hands A brightly designed cover, because let's face it, that makes learning time more fun! Would you like this book personalized with your child's name? Visit the author section below to find out how we can get your child's name on this book within a few business days for you to purchase on Amazon.

Brooklyn S Dodgers

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Author : Carl E. Prince
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1997-04-03

Brooklyn S Dodgers written by Carl E. Prince and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-04-03 with Sports & Recreation categories.

During the 1952 World Series, a Yankee fan trying to watch the game in a Brooklyn bar was told, "Why don't you go back where you belong, Yankee lover?" "I got a right to cheer my team," the intruder responded, "this is a free country." "This ain't no free country, chum," countered the Dodger fan, "this is Brooklyn." Brooklynites loved their "Bums"--Pee Wee Reese, Jackie Robinson, Duke Snider, Roy Campanella, and all the murderous parade of regulars who, after years of struggle, finally won the World Series in 1955. One could not live in Brooklyn and not catch its spirit of devotion to its baseball club. In Brooklyn's Dodgers, Carl E. Prince captures the intensity and depth of the team's relationship to the community and its people in the 1950s. Ethnic and racial tensions were part and parcel of a working class borough; the Dodgers' presence smoothed the rough edges of the ghetto conflict always present in the life of Brooklyn. The Dodger-inspired baseball program at the fabled Parade Grounds provided a path for boys that occasionally led to the prestigious "Dodger Rookie Team," and sometimes, via minor league contracts, to Ebbets Field itself. There were the boys who lined Bedford Avenue on game days hoping to retrieve home run balls and the men in the many bars who were not only devoted fans but collectively the keepers of the Dodger past--as were Brooklyn women, and in numbers. Indeed, women were tied to the Dodgers no less than their husbands, fathers, brothers, and sons; they were only less visible. A few, like Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Marianne Moore and working class stiff Hilda Chester were regulars at Ebbets Field and far from invisible. Prince also explores the underside of the Dodgers--the "baseball Annies," and the paternity suits that went with the territory. The Dodgers' male culture was played out as well in the team's politics, in the owners' manipulation of Dodger male egos, opponents' race-baiting, and the macho bravado of the team (how Jackie Robinson, for instance, would prod Giants' catcher Sal Yvars to impotent rage by signaling him when he was going to steal second base, then taunting him from second after the steal). The day in 1957 when Walter O'Malley, the owner of the Brooklyn Dodgers, announced that the team would be leaving for Los Angeles was one of the worst moments in baseball history, and a sad day in Brooklyn's history as well. The Dodger team was, to a degree unmatched in other major league cities, deeply enmeshed in the life and psyche of Brooklyn and its people. In this superb volume, Carl Prince illuminates this "Brooklyn" in the golden years after the Second World War.

Chronicles Of Historic Brooklyn

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Author : John B Manbeck
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2017-10-02

Chronicles Of Historic Brooklyn written by John B Manbeck and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-10-02 with History categories.

Brooklyn has always been a place of diversity and distinction. These qualities are everywhere across the borough, from its people to its events, landmarks, and more. In Chronicles of historic Brooklyn, Borough Historian John Manbeck has collected the stories that reveal the history and spirit of this ever-growing metropolis. From stories of murderous pirates who once besieged Sheepshead Bay to tales of the still-beloved Brooklyn Dodgers who played at Ebbets Field, Manbeck traces the long and colorful history. Explore the forgotten neighborhoods, iconic parks, vanishing waterfront and other attractions that show how and why Brooklyn has endured.