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Subtitle: an oral history of Manhattan from the 1890's to World War II
By: Jeff Kisseloff.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
Published: 1989
Place of publication: San Diego
Language: eng
Number of pages: 622
Subjects: Oral history; New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 1898-1951; New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs
Description: "The neighborhood was christened in a conservation between two battle weary cops during a riot at 39th Street and Tenth Avenue. 'This place is hell itself, ' the younger man told his partner. 'hell's a mild climate, ' his mate replied. This is hell's Kitchen.' " (probably apocryphal) story of the christening of Hell's Kitchen, from the bookjacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [601]-605.
Includes index.