The Devil's Playground A Century of Pleasure and Profit in Times Square【電子書籍】[ James Traub ]

＜p＞As Times Square turns 100, ＜em＞New York Times Magazine＜/em＞ contributing writer James Traub tells the story of how this mercurial district became one of the most famous and exciting places in the world. ＜strong＞The Devil’s Playground＜/strong＞ is classic and colorful American history, from the first years of the twentieth century through the Runyonesque heyday of nightclubs and theaters in the 1920s and ’30s, to the district’s decline in the 1960s and its glittering corporate revival in the 1990s.＜/p＞ ＜p＞First, Traub gives us the great impresarios, wits, tunesmiths, newspaper columnists, and nocturnal creatures who shaped Times Square over the century since the place first got its name: Oscar Hammerstein, Florenz Ziegfeld, George S. Kaufman, Damon Runyon, Walter Winchell, and “the Queen of the Nightclubs,” Texas Guinan; bards like A. J. Liebling, Joe Mitchell, and the Beats, who celebrated the drug dealers and pimps of 42nd Street. He describes Times Square’s notorious collapse into ．．．楽天市場のショップで商品詳細の続きを見る