{"product_id":"o-albany-improbable-city-of-political-wizards-fearless-ethnics-spectacular-aristocrats-splendid-nobodies-and-underrated-scoundrels-9780140074161","title":"O Albany!: Improbable City of Political Wizards, Fearless Ethnics, Spectacular, Aristocrats, Splendid Nobodies, and Underrated Scoundrels","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): William Kennedy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - 20th Century\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","brand":"Penguin Adult Hc\/Tr","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408422854807,"sku":"9780140074161","price":2152.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780140074161.webp?v=1767309863","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/o-albany-improbable-city-of-political-wizards-fearless-ethnics-spectacular-aristocrats-splendid-nobodies-and-underrated-scoundrels-9780140074161","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}