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Inside the Apple: A Streetwise History of New York City |  | Authors: Michelle Nevius, James Nevius
Publisher: Free Press
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 24851
Media: Paperback
Pages: 384
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Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.5
ISBN: 141658997X
Dewey Decimal Number: 917.4710444
EAN: 9781416589976
ASIN: 141658997X
Publication Date: March 24, 2009
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How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's fascinating past.This narrative history of New York City is the first to offer practical walking tour know-how. Fast-paced but thorough, its bite-size chapters each focus on an event, person, or place of historical significance. Rich in anecdotes and illustrations, it whisks readers from colonial New Amsterdam through Manhattan's past, right up to post-9/11 New York. The book also works as a historical walking-tour guide, with 14 self-guided tours, maps, and step-by-step directions. Easy to carry with you as you explore the city, Inside the Apple allows you to visit the site of every story it tells. This energetic, wide-ranging, and often humorous book covers New York's most important historical moments, but is always anchored in the city of today.
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 Great as a History, Less as a Tour Guide October 14, 2009
UpperWestSal (New York, NY United States)
The book provides two pieces -- one is a historical accounting of Manhattan with some interesting anecdotes along the way and the other is a bunch of suggested self-guided tours. On the former, it succeeds quite nicely. I could have done without the later, but if you consider that a bonus, the book still works for me. In particular there are some interesting stories, corrections about common misconceptions and trivia about the people and places of Manhattan.
Also, I often deduct points from "New York City" guides of any sort that are really guides to Manhattan. In this case, the book follows the logical history of the city from a time when Manhattan had no peer boroughs. I would forgive this slight, but the authors try to incorporate a few things about Brooklyn, which is simply a distraction. Either cover everything or just Manhattan, but I hate lip service to the 'other' boroughs.
In summary, as a New Yorker, I value books about 'my' city that tell me things I did not know before. By providing historical tidbits from the point of view of tour guides, this provides some nice historical fodder that was new to me. I would certainly recommend it to City residents as well as visitors who want some flavor regarding NYC.
Excellent Read September 13, 2009
James Hoge
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This well researched and highly informative book is a must for anyone interested in the history of and historic sites in New York City.
College Student August 30, 2009
J. Brandt (Concord, Calif.)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I bought this for my cousin who is starting college this fall (right now) in New York at NYU. He loves the book. He said it is very helpful getting him around New York
Great for Native New Yorkers! August 6, 2009
B. Nasar (NYC, USA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I'm a native New Yorker, born and bred in Queens, and I could not put this book down the moment I picked it up! The authors write in such an interesting and engaging manner, you almost forget you are reading history. Now I happen to be a history buff but my husband, who's a doctor and about as interested in history as I am in medicine also found this book fascinating. The tours in the end are great, especially because you can appreciate the buildings and structures so much more since you've read about them. I actually borrowed this book from the library, read it, and then bought it from Amazon because I enjoyed it so much. five stars!
The Ultimate Guide to NYC from July 24, 2009
Stephen Perri (Tucson, AZ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Michelle and James have written the ultimate guidebook to NYC. Geared toward a walking tour of the city, the book offers a chronological history of NYC from its days as a Dutch colony to the post 9/11 rebuilding in the city. My family and I were fortunate to take a walking tour of lower Manhattan, Little Italy, Chinatown and SoHo with Michelle this summer and I purchased the book from her as soon as we finished. "Inside the Apple" is filled with interesting nuggets of information about the personalities, places and misconceptions about New York City that will interest even those not visiting the island. The short segments of the book each provide thorough information of high-interest without burdening the reader with non-essential fodder. I enjoyed especially the numerous footnotes clarifying rumors or misinformation about the city. The passion about her city which Michelle shared with us on our tour is palpable as you read the book. She and James provide several self-guided walking tours of the city in the final section of "Inside the Apple" as well. I highly recommend the book for anyone interested in an "insider's" point of view of the city and definitely for those planning a trip to the Big Apple.
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