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In the early twentieth century, an exuberant brand of gifted men and women moved to New York City, not to get rich but to participate in a cultural revolution. For them, the city's immigrant neighborhoods--home to art, poetry, cafes, and cabarets in the European tradition--provided... Read Full Overview

A brilliant account of the legary American bohemians, hailed as the best book ever written about this era, these people, and the ways they shook up our national culture for good (Michael Kazin) In the early years of the twentieth century, an exuberant band of talented individualists... Read Full Overview