{"product_id":"o-albany-improbable-city-of-political-wizards-fearless-ethnics-spectacular-aristocrats-splendid-nobodies-and-underrated-scoundrels-paperback","title":"O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular, Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWilliam Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e offers an eloquent history of his colorful hometown in this marvelous book that's part journalism and part memoir.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilliam Kennedy's celebrated cycle of novels has put Albany on the literary map. In \u003ci\u003eO Albany!\u003c\/i\u003e we visit the city's ethnic and social neighborhoods. We meet uncommon characters who tread on Kennedy's stage--Erastus Corning, America's longest-running mayor (forty-three years in office); the Prohibition celebrity Jack \"Legs\" Diamond; the black matriarch Olivia Rorie, who transformed Albany's slums; Nelson Rockefeller and the \"greatest marble project in the history of the world\"; the political boss Dan O'Connell, who took City Hall in 1921 and never let go, even after he died. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEmbellished with fifty-five vintage photographs and eleven maps drawn for this book, \u003ci\u003eO Albany!\u003c\/i\u003e is a historical lover letter from Kennedy to his native city. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A nice blend of nostalgia and serious history...You come away from this book's fascinating view of the American experience, the human experience, feeling hopeful.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWilliam Kennedy\u003c\/b\u003e, author, screenwriter and playwright, was born and raised in Albany, New York. Kennedy brought his native city to literary life in many of his works. The Albany cycle, includes \u003ci\u003eLegs\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Phelan's Greatest Game\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Pulitzer Prize winning \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e.The versatile Kennedy wrote the screenplay for \u003ci\u003eIronweed\u003c\/i\u003e, the play \u003ci\u003eGrand View\u003c\/i\u003e, and cowrote the screenplay for the \u003ci\u003eThe Cotton Club\u003c\/i\u003e with Francis Ford Coppola. Kennedy also wrote the nonfiction \u003ci\u003eO Albany!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRiding the Yellow Trolley Car\u003c\/i\u003e. Some of the other works he is known for include \u003ci\u003eRoscoe\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eVery Old Bones\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKennedy is the founding director of the New York State Writers Institute and, in 1993, was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters. He has received numerous literary awards, including the Literary Lions Award from the New York Public Library, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Governor's Arts Award. Kennedy was also named Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in France and a member of the board of directors of the New York State Council for the Humanities.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 7.75 x 5.05 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 03, 1985\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53756070429005,"sku":"9780140074161","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/54ssC1lj9o9780140074161.webp?v=1776722028","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/o-albany-improbable-city-of-political-wizards-fearless-ethnics-spectacular-aristocrats-splendid-nobodies-and-underrated-scoundrels-paperback","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}