Stephen Birmingham (1932–2015)
Autore di "Our Crowd": The Great Jewish Families of New York
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Stephen Gardner Birmingham was born in Andover, Connecticut on May 28, 1929. He received a degree in English from Williams College in 1950. Before becoming an author, he worked as an advertising copywriter in New York for Needham Harper Steers. His non-fiction books included Our Crowd: The Great mostra altro Jewish Families of New York, The Right People: A Portrait of the American Social Establishment, The Grandees: America's Sephardic Elite, The Rest of Us: The Rise of America's Eastern European Jews, Certain People: America's Black Elite, Real Lace: America's Irish Rich, and Life at the Dakota: New York's Most Unusual Address. He also wrote nine novels including Young Mr. Keefe. He died from cancer on November 15, 2015 at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: Stephen Birmingham (1929-2015), American author By Source (WP:NFCC#4), Fair use, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?curid=53927032
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- Nome legale
- Birmingham, Stephen Gardner
- Data di nascita
- 1932-05-28
- Data di morte
- 2015-11-15
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
- Luogo di morte
- New York, New York, USA
- Luogo di residenza
- Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - Istruzione
- Williams College, English (AB ∙ 1953)
- Attività lavorative
- professor
raconteur
novelist - Organizzazioni
- University of Cincinnati
New England Society of the City of New York
Coffee House (New York) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Phi Beta Kappa
- Agente
- Carol Brandt
- Breve biografia
- Stephen Birmingham, born May 28, 1932 in Hartford, Connecticut, is an author.
Born to Thomas Birmingham and Editha Gardner Birmingham, he received a BA from Williams College in 1953. He is a former teacher of writing at the University of Cincinnati. He has written over thirty books and is now retired. Birmingham has written extensively about the upper classes in America.
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- Recensioni
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- ISBN
- 173
- Lingue
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When this apartment building was built 1880-84 it was said in New York City to be so far west it must be in the Dakota Territory and the Clark family named it thus. The Dakota was extremely unique in its architecture, construction and the layout of the apartments but it had two major issues to overcome. New York society was settled in large mansions on the east side, led by Mrs. Astor and secondly although apartments (flats) were common in Europe they weren’t in America and the Dakota was trying to set a new trend. One that took some time to be accepted.
Birmingham, in a long, slow style, goes into great detail on the history of the Dakota up to the late 1970’s: the various tenants, the decor of different apartments, the renovations and the removal of much of the original wood and plaster work, the turning of an original elevator car into a bar, the turning of it into a co-operative in the early 1960’s and much more.
The detail was more than I expected. Perhaps if I were an American instead of a Canadian perhaps the family names would have meant more, although I expect one needs to be from New York City to fully appreciate the ‘who’s who’ details. He even goes into the accounts and the accompanying correspondence. By the end of it I was scanning the chapters. I think most readers would find it dense.
Reviewed September 4, 2022
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