The evolution of New York nightlife from the Gay Nineties through the Jazz Age was, as Lewis A. Erenberg shows, both symbol and catalyst of America's transition out of the Victorian period. Cabaret culture led the way to new styles of behavior and consumption, dissolving conventional barriers between classes, races, the sexes-even between life and art. A fabulous era of chorus girls, jazz players, lobster palaces, and hip flasks-the age of Sophie Tucker, Irene and Vernon Castle, and Gilda Gray-tangos through the pages of this ground-breaking, as well as entertaining, cultural history.

Submerged in depression and grief after her husband Alonzo's hidden secrets are revealed, and her pastor is involved in a huge scandal, Jamie Clarke, once a devout Christian, decides to live a life of sin to soothe the pain until a near-death experience forces her to evaluate the path she has chosen.

The wildly popular comic strip collected for the first time.

The evolution of New York nightlife from the Gay Nineties through the Jazz Age was, as Lewis A. Erenberg shows, both symbol and catalyst of America's transition out of the Victorian period. Cabaret culture led the way to new styles of behavior and consumption, dissolving conventional barriers between classes, races, the sexes—even between life and art. A fabulous era of chorus girls, jazz players, lobster palaces, and hip flasks—the age of Sophie Tucker, Irene and Vernon Castle, and Gilda Gray—tangos through the pages of this ground-breaking, as well as entertaining, cultural history.

"A collection of nineteen original poems featuring toddlers exploring their world"--

What's the most courageous thing you've ever done?

Presents nine walking tours of New York City that highlight places that were important to gay and lesbian New Yorkers, as well the homes of writers and artists