The Lower East Side Remembered & Revisited

New York's legendary Lower East Side holds a unique place in the hearts of millions of American families, because it was there that their immigrant ancestors made their first homes in this country and took their first steps on the road to freedom and success. With vivid descriptions, entertaining anecdotes, and an abundance of rare photographs, this marvelous little book puts that whole neighborhood in your hand -- and with it, the entire three-century sweep of history that gives the words "Lower East Side" such a special resonance and meaning. Presented as a series of self-guided walking tours (maps included) the book is actually an original, deeply researched and wonderfully satisfying history. No mere compendium of facts, "The Lower East Side Remembered & Revisited" fairly overflows with the personalities, anecdotes, institutions and images that have made the Lower East Side a legendary New York neighborhood and a cornerstone of the immigrant experience -- especially, but far from exclusively the Jewish immigrant experience -- in America.