'We are lucky to have Jan Morris, and her gift of transporting
us to other realms'. Salley Vickers
Movement is the "raison d'etre" of New York. In The Great Port,
Jan Morris explores the waterfronts and thoroughfares of 1950's
Manhattan just as she navigated the canals of Venice; she knows
every bridge, every tunnel, every island of the whole archipelago.
She depicts the city as a place of constant motion, which has been
translated into a culture of inveterate restlessness. First
published in 1957, The Great Port is a vivid and entertaining
portrait of a splendid old seaport whose purposes have gone
awry.
When The Great Port appeared in New York, the "Wall Street
Journal" called it 'unique', the "New York Times" said it
discovered more than most New Yorkers had ever learnt, and the"
Publisher's Weekly" thought it perhaps the best book on New York
since the classic work of E. B. White.
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