For hundreds of years, people from all over the world have journeyed to the island of Manhattan. New York is an immigrant city. The writer and journalist Pete Hamill is the son of parents who made their way from Ireland. All his life, Hamill has moved through the neighborhoods of his hometown with a reporter’s eye and an inhabitant’s heart. From Broadway to the Bowery, Trinity Church to Times Square, Hamill has mapped the history, the stories, and the sweet music of the city’s wildly beating heart. His new book is a love letter to Manhattan.
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Pete Hamill is the author of numerous books including “Snow in August,” “Forever” and his memoir, “A Drinking Life.” His articles have appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, and Newsday. He was also the Editor in Chief of both The New York Post and The New York Daily News. His most recent work is “Downtown: My Manhattan.”