Collection of portraits published between 1938 and 1955 in the New Yorker by one of the pioneer of New Journalism: a literary painting of a New York that no longer exists.
New edition of the book published in 2016.
Joseph Mitchell (1908-1996) is an American journalist and writer, well-known for his chronicles and portraits published in The New Yorker. He is considered to be one of the pioneer of New Journalism.