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A walker in the city

Title
A walker in the city / Drawings by Marvin Bileck.
Author
Kazin, Alfred, 1915-1998.
Publication
New York : Harcourt, Brace and Company, [1951]

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Additional Authors
  • Bileck, Marvin
  • Hartmann, Erich, 1922-1999
  • Gross, Gerald
Description
176 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
The acclaimed story of a soul awakening to the ecstasy of the senses, the power of language, and the meaning of existence. Kazin's memorable description of his life as a young man as he makes the journey from Brooklyn to "Americanca"--The larger world that begins at the other end of the subway in Manhattan. A classic portrayal of the Jewish immigrant culture of the 1930s.
Series Statement
A Harvest/HBJ book
Uniform Title
Harvest/HBJ book.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Authors' autographs (Provenance)
Note
  • "Drawings by Marvin Bileck."--Front dust jacket flap.
  • "Jacket photograph by Erich Hartmann."
  • Rare Book copy: In original dust jacket.
  • Rare Book AIGA copy: In original dust jacket.
ISBN
  • 0156941767
  • 9780156941761
LCCN
51013797
OCLC
  • ocm00848138
  • 848138
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries