TY  - BOOK
AU  - Nichols,Michael
TI  - Hell Gate: imaginative qualities of an actual place 
T2  - Excelsior editions
SN  - 9781438471419
AV  - F128.68.H43 N53 2018eb
U1  - 917.47/104 23
PY  - 2018///]
CY  - Albany, NY
PB  - State University of New York Press
KW  - TRAVEL
KW  - United States
KW  - Northeast
KW  - Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Travel
KW  - fast
KW  - New York (N.Y.)
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Hell Gate (New York, N.Y.)
KW  - East River (N.Y.)
KW  - Descriptions et voyages
KW  - New York (State)
KW  - East River
KW  - New York
KW  - Hell Gate
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references
N2  - "Part history and part memoir, Hell Gate tells of a man's excursions along and then through Hell Gate, a narrow stretch of water in New York City's East River, notorious for dangerous currents, shipwrecks, and its melancholic islands and rocks. Drawn to the area by his fascination with its name--from the Dutch Hellegat, translated into English as both "bright passage" and "hell hole"--What begins as a set of casual walks becomes a foray into landscape and history as he traces through these idyllic and hellish images in an attempt to discover Hell Gate's hidden character and the meaning of its elusive name. The book is a loosely constructed set of sketches, organized as a kind of tour, that take place along the edge of the river and then in a rowboat in the river. Scenes and events are described as they present themselves; history and lore are freely mixed with contemporary scenes."--Provided by publisher
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