description: Other books might provide exhaustive hikes through Manhattan minutiae; Pete Hamill's Downtown offers a leisurely stroll through the world's most bustling borough. Hamill loves Manhattan as only a native Brooklynite He approaches its sights and scenes with affection but also with the detached insight and wonder of an outsider whose mother once described it as Oz. Downtown bustles with history, self-made men, and shared tragedies. Nostalgia was never more sweet.
language: English
title: Downtown: My Manhattan
titlecomplete: Downtown: My Manhattan
genres: Biography, The United States Of America, Memoir, Nonfiction, Essays, American History, Travel, New York, Biography Memoir, History
ratings_count: 1438
publisher: Books on Tape