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New York was the skyscrapers, the Statue of Liberty, the subway, the crowds.
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But for Berger it was also a story on the birthday of the Tennessee pink marble lions that still guard the public library on Fifth Avenue. It was the story of the farm in the East River, on Rikers Island, where prisoners grew vegetables and raised chickens.
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Berger tells of the gray-haired lady who painted daily on her third-floor terrace on Gracie Square, overlooking the East River. Her paintings of the river and its boat traffic grew so popular that passing tugboat captains would toot their horns in salute to her. As a kid I grew up reading newspapers: I continue to read the papers daily, although always online now. And I will always go to the color stories first, the pieces that go behind the facts.
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Always look for the background details to a story. The map, the diagram, the chart, the interviews with witnesses and peripheral participants. No television news program will give me that. Open Preview See a Problem?
Meyer ("Mike") Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. A reporter and columnist for The New York Times for thirty years. Meyer ("Mike") Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. A reporter and columnist for The New York Times for thirty years, he won a Pulitzer Prize.
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Meyer Mike Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. A reporter and columnist for The New York Times for thirty years, he won a Pulitzer Prize in for his account of the murder of thirteen people by a deranged war veteran in Camden, New Jersey.
Berger is best known for his About New York column, which appeared regularly in the Times from to Meyer Mike Berger was one of the greatest journalists of this century. Berger is best known for his About New York column, which appeared regularly in the Times from to and from until his death in Through lovingly detailed snapshots of ordinary New Yorkers and far corners of the city, Berger's writing deeply influenced the next generation of writers, including Gay Talese and Tom Wolfe.
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Originally published in and long out of print, Meyer Berger's New York is a rich collection of extraordinary journalism, selected by Berger himself, which captures the buzz, bravado, and heartbreak of New York in the fifties in the words of the best-loved reporter of his time. Paperback , pages. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.
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This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Dec 20, Kevin rated it liked it. Collection of s columns in NYT by a dude who was into highlighting organizations, tales and city traditions that had become somewhat obscure by the midth century.
I particularly liked the guys who still sold leeches out of grocery stores. Jan 27, RJ rated it it was amazing. A great journalist, telling the small tales of a great city.
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