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- catalog abstract ""New York is a city of well-known streets and blocks that ramble on and on, into our literature, dreams, and nightmares. We know the city by the byways that split it, streets like Broadway and Madison and Flatbush and Delancey. From those streets, peering down the blocks and up at the skyline, the city seems immense and endless." "But long before Broadway was a muddy cart track, the water was the city's most distinguishing feature and the rivers the only byways of importance." "For people like William Kornblum, the city is shaped by the water and the people who have sailed it for goods, money, pirate's loot, and freedom. For them, the city is ever an island, and Kornblum - New York City native, longtime sailor, and urban sociologist - has spent decades plying its waterways in his ancient catboat, Tradition." "In At Sea in the City, he takes the reader along as he sails through his hometown, retelling the history of the city's waterfront and maritime culture and the stories of the men and women who made the water their own."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12509090.
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) Description and travel.".
- catalog coverage "New York (N.Y.) History.".
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""For people like William Kornblum, the city is shaped by the water and the people who have sailed it for goods, money, pirate's loot, and freedom. For them, the city is ever an island, and Kornblum - New York City native, longtime sailor, and urban sociologist - has spent decades plying its waterways in his ancient catboat, Tradition." "In At Sea in the City, he takes the reader along as he sails through his hometown, retelling the history of the city's waterfront and maritime culture and the stories of the men and women who made the water their own."--Jacket.".
- catalog description ""New York is a city of well-known streets and blocks that ramble on and on, into our literature, dreams, and nightmares. We know the city by the byways that split it, streets like Broadway and Madison and Flatbush and Delancey. From those streets, peering down the blocks and up at the skyline, the city seems immense and endless." "But long before Broadway was a muddy cart track, the water was the city's most distinguishing feature and the rivers the only byways of importance."".
- catalog description "Home Waters -- Up on the Rolling Sea -- Jamaica Bay, Gateway -- Into the Narrows -- Concrete -- East River Passage -- The Hell Gate -- At the Throgs Neck.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 229-232).".
- catalog extent "xvii, 232 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "At sea in the city.".
- catalog identifier "1565122658".
- catalog isFormatOf "At sea in the city.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chapel Hill, N.C. : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,".
- catalog relation "At sea in the city.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) Description and travel.".
- catalog spatial "New York (N.Y.) History.".
- catalog spatial "New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "974.7/1 21".
- catalog subject "F128.55 .K67 2002".
- catalog subject "Kornblum, William Travel New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Sailing New York (State) New York.".
- catalog subject "Waterways New York (State) New York.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Home Waters -- Up on the Rolling Sea -- Jamaica Bay, Gateway -- Into the Narrows -- Concrete -- East River Passage -- The Hell Gate -- At the Throgs Neck.".
- catalog title "At sea in the city : New York from the water's edge / by William Kornblum ; with a foreword by Pete Hamill ; illustrations by Oliver Williams.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".