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Summary & Study Guide Up in the Old Hotel and Other Stories by Joseph Mitchell
This study guide includes the following sections: Plot Summary, Chapter Summaries & Analysis, Characters, Objects/Places, Themes, Style, Quotes, and Topics for Discussion.
34 pages, Kindle Edition
First published March 22, 2012
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July 10, 2014
Fascinating read about NYC-its Bowery Bums, Gypsies, Fulton Fish Market Vendors, fishing in & around NY(oystering, clamimng. even a chapter on fishing off Stonington, Ct. A story about an old pull rope elevator in an old hotel in NY-how they got it to work. Gives full descriptions of many of NYs characters-basically stories about the Bumbs, slovenly living, infected rats that are imported from Europe on barges! Very detailed descriptions of people & places in & around NYC in the early 20's. An excellent research book on NYC 20s life & fishing!
It's "Up in the Old Hotel" by Joseph Mitchell. Other stories are included but not in the main title.
713 pages-good read to pick up & put down & pick up!
It's "Up in the Old Hotel" by Joseph Mitchell. Other stories are included but not in the main title.
713 pages-good read to pick up & put down & pick up!
April 24, 2017
I have to say that over 600 pages of essays was a rather daunting task, but his writing was so engaging I just kept "plowing through". I found myself looking up some of the people and places that he wrote about. He made me wish that I had been born at the turn of the last century in New York City. I will probably return to some of these stories in the future.
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