The Little Big Book of New York

By: Lena Tabori (Editor)
Natasha Tabori Fried (Editor)

In The Little Big Book of New York, the greatest city in the world comes to life in a comprehensive portrait featuring history, facts, legend, and, of course, the evocative vintage art—postcards, linens, and other ephemera—that defines this signature series. This is a book for everyone—from the tourist and armchair traveler right down to the most street savvy New Yorker—with a little bit of everything to go around. In addition to classic literary selections—from stories, poems, essays, song lyrics—there is information galore covering a wide range of topics: Tammany Hall, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Mob, The Great White Way, Taxis, the Hudson River, to name a few. All together, The Little Big Book of New York provides a revealing tour, bringing together the Big Apple past and present. Who would have thought, for example, that twice as many people rode subways some eighty-odd years ago than do today?

The Little Big Book of New York includes:
• Short stories and excerpts from F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edith Wharton, Truman Capote, Toni Morrison, Betty Smith, Mary McCarthy, and E.L. Doctorow, among others;
• Poems by Sara Teasdale, e.e.cummings, Hart Crane, Emma Lazarus, Langston Hughes, W.H. Auden, Walt Whitman, Frank O’Hara, Ezra Pound, Audre Lorde, and many more;
• Fact Spreads including Famous New Yorkers, Books and Movies set in New York, The Hudson River, Moments in History, Skyscrapers, and Sports;
• Songs about life in New York, from “I’ll Take Manhattan” and “59th Street Bridge Song” to “42nd Street” and “New York State of Mind”;
• Quotations celebrating the wonders of New York, from Frank Lloyd Wright, Norman Mailer, Will Rogers, and Le Corbusier;
• The History of everything you ever wanted to know about New York, from The Statue of Liberty, the Five Points, and the Art Scene to Transportation, Theater Then and Now, and Ellis Island.

Lena Tabori Editor

LENA TABORI is publisher of Welcome Enterprises. In her long and storied career in illustrated book publishing, she has conceived and edited numerous titles, including The Norman Rockwell Counting Book(Crown); Our Christmas Book (Simon & Schuster); Love: A Celebration in Art and Literature (with Jane Lahr for Stewart, Tabori & Chang); Kisses (Turner); and A Day in the Life of Hollywood (CollinsSanFrancisco); The Little Big Book of Christmas and The Little Big Book of Love (both for William Morrow).

Natasha Tabori Fried Editor

NATASHA TABORI FRIED is the managing editor at Welcome Books. She is the co-editor or editor of many of Welcome’s successful Little Big Books, among them The Little Big Book of Chills and Thrills, The Little Big Book of America, The Little Big Book of Life, The Little Big Book of New York, and The Little Big Book of Birds.