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The "Post's" New York

The "Post's" New York
By New York Post

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Celebrating 200 years of New York City as seen through the pages of the New York Post. A fact-and-fun-filled illustrated book that celebrates the greatest city in the world and its oldest, continuously published newspaper. Since 1801 the New York Post has been covering New York City with the kind of wit, panache and "in your face style" that readers have come to expect. Packed with photos, unforgettable headlines, historic news events, spectacular sports stories, infamous scandals, scintillating gossip, political cartoons Broadway and film reviews and more, the book is as energetic and intriguing as New York itself. As the oldest continuously published daily paper in the United States, The New York Post has seen it all and covered it all. Check out the Post's role in creating Central Park and read the famous obituary of Post founder Alexander Hamilton - killed in a duel with Aaron Burr. Vintage ads, anti-slavery editorials, notorious crimes including the Son of Sam murders, the unforgettable blackout, John Lennon's assassination and the Wall Street crash of 1987. This is an endlessly fascinating browser's book and a fitting tribute to the greatest city in the world.

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  • Amazon Sales Rank: #3190662 in Books
  • Published on: 2002-08-22
  • Original language: English
  • Number of items: 1
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 256 pages

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Top-notch compilation celebrating 200 years of New York City news as seen in the pages of the "New York Post", with half-tones and line art throughout. These punchy pages have just the right-length feature stories, especially "Kiss Your Asteroid Goodbye!" and "Amy's Nude Romps in Jail," "The Jimmy Walker Scandals," and "President and Smith Open Empire State, Mightiest Building." The "Post "was born in 1801 as a four-page sheet published by Federalist Alexander Hamilton, a victim of the gentlemanly and brutal art of dueling; it remains the oldest continuously published paper in the US. While Walt Whitman offers Civil War coverage, much is condensed into racy modern prose-which will be welcome news to anyone who's ever read 19th-century journalism. History doesn't get easier to take than this. (Kirkus Reviews)