Wildsam Field Guides: Brooklyn

by Taylor Bruce (Editor), Lauren Tamaki (Illustrator)

Overview

Wildsam Field Guides: Brooklyn reveals this eclectic city in New York through local stories, travel intel and modern lore, seeking out the real and rooted things, what's truly authentic and sharing the soul of a place, for travelers and locals alike.

Visit the New York borough of Brooklyn, including:

• Seven small restaurants with new icon status
• An illustrated guide for kids
• Actress Rosie Perez on growing up in Bushwick
• Quick bios to famous Brooklyn mobsters
• The original egg cream recipe
• a 1949 account of Jackie Robinson's racial triumphs
• A deep dive into hip hop's cultural roots
• Where to eat the finest slice of pizza

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495112867
Publisher:	Wildsam Publishing
Publication date:	05/01/2015
Series:	American City Guide Series
Pages:	144
Sales rank:	640,126
Product dimensions:	3.90(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Taylor Bruce is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wildsam Field Guides. He grew up on his family farm on the border of Georgia and Alabama. Taylor studied writing at Vanderbilt University, and, after, wrote freelance for magazines such as Men's Journal, Oxford American and National Geographic Adventure, among others. He took a full-time writer's post at Southern Living in 2007. After moving to New York and pursuing an MFA in Creative Writing at Brooklyn College, Taylor launched Wildsam out of his 500-square foot apartment in 2012. The original Nashville guide caught the attention of national media and thoughtful travelers alike, and in 2015, National Geographic awarded Wildsam the "Traveler 50" award. Taylor lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, Robin, and two sons, Booker and Truett.

Table of Contents

1 - Welcome and City Essentials including Hotels, Coffee Shops, Recommended Reading, Calendar of Annual Events, Weekend Itinerary, Foodway, Radio, Popular Music, City Statistics

2 - Bests Lists including Favorite restaurants, bars, shops, city activities, and local experts

3 - City Almanac of Brooklyn history in the form of letters, newspaper articles, speech excerpts, journal entries, etc, covering the Jackie Robinson, Walt Whitman, the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, Bobby Fischer, comic book heritage, blizzards, blackouts and more

4 - Illustrated Maps covering the subjects of the classic neighborhood cafes, literary life, hip hop heritage, the art scene in Bushwick, Brooklyn for kids, and city escapes

5 - Interviews with locals including a violin maker, a playwright, a comic, a magazine editor, a barber, a barkeep, a priest, and more

6 - Essays from local writers about the broader narrative of the city including Emma Straub, Marie Helene Bertine, and a poem from Walt Whitman

Editorial Reviews

"For tireless seekers of the authentic." WALL STREET JOURNAL

"This is the freshest-feeling guidebook since On The Road, that Kerouac thing. And Bruce’s has better drawings." - PASTE

"Unlike traditional guidebooks that list the same old must-see sights and touristy neighborhoods, this new series, entitled Wildsam Field Guides, gets at the soul of a city." - CONDE NAST TRAVELER

"An intricate portrait of place; part guide, part tribute, part artwork." - CEREAL

"Your grandpa’s guidebook…loaded with local interviews, lore, hand-drawn maps, and city secrets. Wildsam launched its charmingly throwback series in 2012." - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER

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