“I’ve made quite a study of fish cooks,” Mr. Flood says, “and I’ve decided that old Italians are the best. Then comes old colored men, then old mean Yankees, and then old drunk Irishmen. They have to be old; it takes almost a lifetime to learn how to do a thing simply.”
From ‘Up in the Old Hotel’ by Joseph Mitchell.
Brings to life a bygone New York and the real life characters who made it what it was in the 1930s and before. Beautifully voiced stories about McSorley’s, Caughnawaga high-steel workers, Great South Bay clammers, and so much more. Thanks so much, mom, for giving it to me to read. It’s a treasure trove.
You’re welcome…this site looks beautiful. x