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Brooklyn Is: Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes

In 1939, James Agee (1909-55) wrote a 10,000-word piece about Brooklyn for Fortune magazine. The editors shelved the article because of "creative differences"; apparently, Agee's finely detailed rhapsody didn't fit the editors' designs for a New York City special issue. In any case, it remained unpublished until 1968, when it appeared with the somewhat incongruous title Southeast of the Island. With this edition, a new generation of readers will be introduced to perhaps the finest prose description of Brooklyn, that singular borough.

  • Format
  • hardcover
  • Pages
  • 50
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9780823224920
  • Release date
  • 2005