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New York in the fifties

by Dan Wakefield

20th centuryAmerican NovelistsBiographyHomes and hauntsIntellectual lifeJournalistsNovelists, AmericanSocial life and customs

The author leaves Indianapolis for New York City to attend Columbia University. In Manhattan during the 50s he meets people: James Baldwin, Norman Mailer, William F. Buckley and Greenwich Village bohemians.

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Book data: Open Library