Description: Walking Harlem by Karen Taborn Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New Description This illustrated guide takes readers on five separate walking tours of Harlem, covering 91 different historical sites. With detailed maps, informative text, and nearly 70 stunning photographs, Walking Harlem gives individuals all the tools they need to thoroughly explore a centurys worth of the neighborhoods cultural, political, religious, and artistic heritage. Publisher Description With its rich cultural history and many landmark buildings, Harlem is not just one of New Yorks most distinctive neighborhoods; its also one of the most walkable. This illustrated guide takes readers on five separate walking tours of Harlem, covering ninety-one different historical sites. Alongside major tourist destinations like the Apollo Theater and the Abyssinian Baptist Church, longtime Harlem resident Karen Taborn includes little-known local secrets like Jazz Age speakeasies, literati, political and arts community locales. Drawing from rare historical archives, she also provides plenty of interesting background information on each location. This guide was designed with the needs of walkers in mind. Each tour consists of eight to twenty-nine nearby sites, and at the start of each section, readers will find detailed maps of the tour sites, as well as an estimated time for each walk. In case individuals would like to take a more leisurely tour, it provides recommendations for restaurants and cafes where they can stop along the way. Walking Harlem gives readers all the tools they need to thoroughly explore over a centurys worth of this vital neighborhoods cultural, political, religious, and artistic heritage. With its informative text and nearly seventy stunning photographs, this is the most comprehensive, engaging, and educational walking tour guidebook on one of New Yorks historic neighborhoods. Author Biography KAREN TABORN has been a Harlem resident for over thirty years; she has taught Harlem history at the New School and has served as a historical consultant for the 135th Street Harlem Walk of Fame. With graduate degrees in jazz and ethnomusicology, she has published articles in The Grove Dictionary of American Music and the journal Black Grooves. Details ISBN 081359457X ISBN-13 9780813594576 Title Walking Harlem Author Karen Taborn Format Paperback Year 2018 Pages 220 Publisher Rutgers University Press GE_Item_ID:161725341; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys
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ISBN-13: 9780813594576
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Book Title: Walking Harlem : the Ultimate Guide to the Cultural Capital of Black America
Number of Pages: 220 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Publication Year: 2018
Topic: American / African American, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Buildings / Landmarks & Monuments, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Item Height: 0.4 in
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Travel, Art, Architecture, History
Item Weight: 6.1 Oz
Author: Karen Taborn
Item Length: 7 in
Item Width: 5 in
Format: Trade Paperback
