The Village: 400 Years of Beats and Bohemians, Radicals and Rogues: A History of Greenwich Village

by John Strausbaugh

Book Overview

Cultural commentator John Strausbaugh's The Village is the first complete history of Greenwich Village, the prodigiously influential and infamous New York City neighborhood. From the Dutch settlers and Washington Square patricians, to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and Prohibition-era speakeasies; from Abstract Expressionism and beatniks, to Stonewall and AIDS, the connecting narratives of The Village tell the story of America itself. Illustrated with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062078194
• ISBN13: 9780062078193
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 1.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"