{"product_id":"the-bottom-of-the-harbor","title":"The Bottom of the Harbor","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn the centennial of Joseph Mitchells birth  here is a new edition of the classic collection containing his most celebrated pieces about New York City. Fifty years after its original publication  The Bottom of the Harbor is still considered a fundamental New York book. Every story Mitchell tells  every person he introduces  every scene he describes is illuminated by his passion for the eccentrics and eccentricities of his beloved adopted city.  All of the pieces here are connected in one way or another--some directly  some with a kind of mysterious circuitousness--to New Yorks fabled waterfront  the terrain that Mitchell brilliantly made his own. They tell of a life that has passed--of vacant hotel rooms  deserted communities  once-thriving fishing areas that are now polluted and studded with wrecks. Included are \"Up in the Old Hotel \" a portrait of Louis Morino  the proprietor of a restaurant called (to his disgust) Sloppy Louies; \"The Rats on the Waterfront \" which has inspired countless writers to attempt portraits of these most demonized New Yorkers; and \"Mr. Hunters Grave \" widely considered to be the finest single piece of nonfiction to have ever appeared in the pages of The New Yorker.  Here is the essential work of a legendary writer.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44964798201909,"sku":"ByrdShop_0375714863","price":62.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780375714863.jpg?v=1770480458","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-bottom-of-the-harbor","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}