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The Bowery Boys

by Greg Young
Tom Meyers
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Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys' official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast.
It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren't history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City's past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York's old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts.
Praise for The Bowery Boys
"Among the best city-centric series." —New York Times
"Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history." —NPR
"Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms." —Village Voice
"Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese's Vinyl is based." —The Guardian
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Publisher: Ulysses Press

Kindle Book

  • Release date: February 10, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9781612435763
  • File size: 241332 KB
  • Release date: February 10, 2022

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  • ISBN: 9781612435763
  • File size: 241513 KB
  • Release date: February 10, 2022

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subjects

History Travel Nonfiction

Languages

English

Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys' official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast.
It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren't history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City's past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York's old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts.
Praise for The Bowery Boys
"Among the best city-centric series." —New York Times
"Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history." —NPR
"Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms." —Village Voice
"Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese's Vinyl is based." —The Guardian
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History Travel Nonfiction