Republic of Dreams: Greenwich Village: The American Bohemia, 1910-1960 - Ross Wetzsteon - Google Books

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If the twentieth century was the American century, it can be argued that it was more specifically the New York century, and Greenwich Village was the incubator of every important writer, artist, and political movement of the period. From the century's…