The Bottom Of The Harbor by Joseph Mitchell

The Bottom Of The Harbor by Joseph Mitchell

After Joe Gould's Secret - 'a miniature masterpiece of a shaggy dog story' (Observer) - here is another collection of stories by Joseph Mitchell, each connected in one way or another with the waterfront of New York City. As William Fiennes wrote in the London Review of Books, 'Mitchell was the laureate of the waters around New York', and in The Bottom of the Harbor he records the lives and practices of the rivermen, with love and understanding and a sharp eye for the eccentric and strange. This is some of the best journalist ever written.

Swift, razor-sharp characterisation, narrative suspense and the sparest, yet most penetrating description* Evening Standard *
The finest staff writer in the history of the New Yorker and one of the greatest journalists America has produced. * Times Literary Supplement *
A superb volume of essays. * Sunday Tribune *

Joseph Mitchell was born near Iona, North Carolina, in 1908, and came to New York City in 1929, when he was twenty-one years old. He eventually found a job as an apprentice crime reporter for The World. He also worked as a reporter and features writer at The Herald Tribune and The World-Telegram before landing at The New Yorker in 1938. "Joe Gould's Secret," which appeared on September 26th 1964, was the last piece Mitchell ever published. He went into work at The New Yorker almost every day for the next thirty-one years and six months but submitted no further writing.

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ISBN 13	9780099284741
ISBN 10	009928474X
Title	The Bottom Of The Harbor
Author	Joseph Mitchell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Vintage Publishing
Year published	2001-06-01
Number of pages	320
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