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Jan 1, 1992 · New York in the 50s is Dan Wakefield's story of a unique time and place in cultural history, when New York City was a hotbed of free love, hot jazz, radical politics, psychoanalysis, and artistic expression.
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Mar 14, 2011 · I've never been to New York, but I hope that when I finally touch down, I get to experience a sliver of Dan Wakefield's Big Apple. From his entrance to Columbia University to his time in Greenwich Village and debauched nights at the White Horse Tavern, Wakefield's memoir sheds light on one of NYC's most fertile epochs.
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New York in the Fifties. Dan Wakefield. Houghton Mifflin/Seymour Lawrence, 1992 - Biography & Autobiography - 355 pages. Wakefield explores a decade in which the "taste, politics, and culture of...
Dec 12, 2007 · New York in the Fifties Paperback – Deluxe Edition, December 12, 2007 by Dan Wakefield (Author), Rob Kimmel (Illustrator) 4.2 out of 5 stars 52
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In this documentary, aspiring writer Dan Wakefield moves from Indianapolis to New York City to attend college in the early 1950s, where his world is opened to...
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Feb 9, 2016 · Like Hemingway’s recollections of 1920s Paris in A Moveable Feast, New York in the ’50s showcases a city in its artistic heyday, replete with Wakefield’s remembrances of brushing shoulders with literary icons such as Jack Kerouac and Norman Mailer, and watching Thelonious Monk play jazz at the Five Spot Café.
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4.1 42 ratings. See all formats and editions. The book is a memoir of Dan Wakefield's move to New York City in the 1950s. Report an issue with this product. Print length. 354 pages. Language. English. Publisher. Greenpoint Press. Publication date. 14 Mar. 2011. Dimensions. 13.72 x 2.03 x 21.59 cm. ISBN-10. 098323700X.
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