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BL
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995208
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b749578
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| Main Entry
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Kamil, Seth.
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| Title & Author
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The Big Onion guide to Brooklyn : : ten historic walking tours /\ Seth Kamil and Eric Wakin ; with a foreword by Kevin Baker.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New York University Press,, ©2005.
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1 online resource (ix, 301 pages) :: illustrations, maps
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| ISBN
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081474785X
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: 0814749283
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: 1435600363
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: 9780814747858
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: 9780814749289
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: 9781435600362
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081474785X
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9780814747858
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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""CONTENTS""; ""Foreword by Kevin Baker""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Manhattan�s “Nearest Country Retreat�""; ""FORT GREENE AND CLINTON HILL: From Revolutionary War to Cultural Center""; ""BEDFORD-STUYVESANT: “In Those High Rooms Life Soared and Ebbed�""; ""WILLIAMSBURG: A “Polyglot Population�""; ""GREENPOINT: American Warsaw""; ""PARK SLOPE: “A Land of Terra Cotta and Red Brick�""; ""PROSPECT PARK: “Landscape Painted by a Skilled Hand�""; ""GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Brooklyn�s Great Victorian Legacy""
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""SUNSET PARK: “How Sweet It Is!�""""CONEY ISLAND: The “Nickel Empire�""; ""Sources""; ""About the Contributors""; ""Index""; ""About Big Onion Walking Tours""
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Historic sites-- New York (State)-- New York, Guidebooks.
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Walking-- New York (State)-- New York, Guidebooks.
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Historic sites.
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TRAVEL-- General.
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TRAVEL.
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Walking.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.), Guidebooks.
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New York (N.Y.), History.
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New York (State), New York, Brooklyn.
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New York (State), New York.
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| Dewey Classification
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917.4723
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| LC Classification
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F128.18.K36 2005eb
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| Added Entry
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Wakin, Eric.
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Big Onion Walking Tours (New York, N.Y.)
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