In the summer of 1949, E.B. White sat in a New York City
hotel room and, sweltering in the summer heat, wrote a
remarkable, pristine essay, Here Is New York. Perceptive,
funny, and nostalgic, the author’s stroll around Manhattan -
- with the reader arm-in-arm -- remains the quintessential
love letter to the city, written by one of America’s
foremost literary figures. Like most of White’s prose (his
essays, his "Talk of the Town" columns, The Elements of
Style), this book is of modest length. Yet, like
Charlotte’s Web, it speaks more eloquently about what lasts
and what really matters than other, more expansive pieces.
The New York Times has chosen Here Is New York as one of
the ten best books ever written about the grand metropolis.
The New Yorker calls it "the wittiest essay, and one of the
most perceptive, ever done on the city." This edition of
Here Is New York marks the 100th anniversary of E.B.
White’s birth, and appears with a new introduction by Roger
Angell.
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