EMPIRE STATE EDITIONS
New York, New York *(the city so nice they named it twice)
Empire State Editions appeals to a diverse audience from local New Yorkers to those interested in our vibrant city from anywhere in the world.
The Bronx is up, but the Battery's down
The people ride in a hole in the groun'
New York, New York, it's a wonderful town!
Books in the Empire State Editions highlight the beauty, culture, diversity, and history of New York and the never-ending thirst for information about this global metropolis such as:
Boss of Black Brooklyn
America's Last Great Newspaper War
Eunice Hunton Carter
The Kingdom Began in Puerto Rico
Notable New Yorkers of Manhattan's Upper West Side
NEW THIS FALL
Dive into the electrifying tale of a Brooklyn-born patriot turned radical activist, in an era when America was torn by its ideological extremes
"Never heard of George Demmerle—aka, Prince Crazie? Well, so much the better. Here was a man at the center of a crazy place (the East Village) in a crazy time (the late Sixties), plotting a revolution—while secretly working as an FBI informant. Jonathan Butler recreates it all in vivid, cinematic detail, while adding a whole new chapter to the history of the American Left. Clear your calendar and buckle up for a wild ride."
—Jonathan Mahler, author of Ladies and Gentlemen, the Bronx Is Burning and a staff writer for the New York Times Magazine
"A story so wild it had to be true. Butler has unearthed an important slice of history and presented it with smarts and style. Like all the best history books, this one will help you understand the present as well as the past, and probably the future."
—Jonathan Eig, author of King: A Life
"Delving deep into a hidden history, Jonathan Butler relates an extraordinary drama with betrayal at its heart. Deeply researched and beautifully written, this previously unknown story set in the passionate, violent politics of the 1960s, stands with Conrad's The Secret Agent."
—Andrew Cockburn, Washington Editor, Harper’s Magazine
Praise for Empire State Editions
“In presenting lively...case studies of what he regards as the most important unbuilt lines, Mr. Raskin encourages his readers to think about the adaptable nature of the city.”—Wall Street Journal
"Pamela Hanlon in her new book about the UN and New York City's evolving relationship. . . gives the sweeping developments surrounding the UN a particular locality and tells the story of postwar internationalism in a readable, human way."
—The Nation
“. . . Thanks to Campo's unbiased writing, this is a great book of what the city used to be.”
—Ink New York
"Minutely detailed. . . a 'case study' of the promises and drawbacks of pluralism.”—The New York Times Book Review
“In 'Walking New York', essayist Stephen Miller takes a look at the city's literary perambulators, examining the writing of Stephen Crane, Alfred Kazin and Teju Cole, among others, and offering an evolving portrait of New York through the centuries. 'Each Writer' Mr. Miller says in the book's preface, 'wanders a different city'.”
—The New York Observer
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