A Walker In The City

by Alfred Kazin

Overview

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. Drawings by Marvin Bileck.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780156941761
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/19/1969
Series:	Harvest Book
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	192
Sales rank:	1,021,941
Product dimensions:	5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Alfred Kazin has lectured and taught at many prestigious universities in both the U.S. and Europe. His books include A Walker in the City, The Inmost Leaf, and Starting Out in the Thirties.