Downtown: My Manhattan

In this "beautifully written, sharply observed, and heartfelt" guide to his hometown (New York Times), legendary New York City journalist Pete Hamill leads us on an unforgettable journey through the city he loves.

Walking the Manhattan streets he loves, from Times Square to the island's southern tip, Pete Hamill combines a moving memoir of his own days and nights in new York with a lively and revealing history of the city's most enduring places and people.

"Pete Hamill lovingly captures the vibrant sights, sounds, and smells of Manhattan from Battery Park to midtown, the most important, most exciting stretch of real estate in the world." --New York Daily News

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Back Bay Books
Published: 11/08/2005
ISBN: 9780316010689
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.59lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.52w x 0.81d

Review Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 118
New York Times 01/15/2006 pg. 28