by Jan Morris · Gallo Nero Ediciones · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416529285
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In June 1945, New York City welcomed 14,500 American soldiers returning home aboard the Queen Mary. Jan Morris describes the city at its cultural and economic peak, recreating the magical island in a moment of jubilation, wealth, and optimism. Originally published in the 1980s, this forgotten classic captures the spirit of an incomparable city on the global stage, where Manhattan stood as the only hope for a new world.
Catharine Jan Morris was a Welsh historian, author and travel writer. She was known particularly for the Pax Britannica trilogy (1968–1978), a history of the British Empire, and for portraits of cities, including Oxford, Venice, Trieste, Hong Kong and New York City. She published under her birth name until 1972, when she had gender reassignment surgery, transitioning from male to female.
