Here is New York -- E. B. White

Perceptive, funny, and nostalgic, E.B. White's stroll around Manhattan remains the quintessential love letter to the city, written by one of America's foremost literary figures. <i>The New York Times</i> has named <i>Here is New York</i> one of the ten best books ever written about the metropolis, and <i>The New Yorker</i> calls it "the wittiest essay, and one of the most perceptive, ever done on the city.<br><br><b>Author:</b> E. B. White<br><b>Publisher:</b> Little Bookroom<br><b>Published:</b> 01/01/2000<br><b>Pages:</b> 56<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Hardcover<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.43lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 7.31h x 5.32w x 0.42d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9781892145024<br><br><b>Review Citation(s): </b><br><i>Library Journal</i> 08/01/1999 pg. 149<br><i>Booklist</i> 02/01/2004 pg. 944<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br>Thoroughly American and utterly beautiful is how William Shawn, his editor at the New Yorker, described E. B. White's prose. At the magazine, White developed a pure and plain-spoken literary style; his writing was characterized by wit, sophistication, optimism, and moral steadfastness. In 1978 he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for the body of his work. E. B. White died in 1985 <p/>Roger Angell is a writer and fiction editor at the <i>New Yorker</i>.</p>