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Title: wonderful serenade to the city
Review: As a student at Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania, I'm an immigrant to Philadelphia from Los Angeles. I came here with a deep hatred of the place. Everything seemed worse: the weather, the harsh edge of West Philadephia, and the clamor of urban life.Two years later I still held many of these feelings -- until I read this book. I finished it in about three sittings. Bissinger is a journalist, but this book really isn't a history of the city (although my knowledge of historic and present Philadelphia was greatly supplemented by reading it). It's an homage to former Mayor Rendell, his aides, and many of the working-class characters in the city. Bissinger has a remarkable penchant for creating heroes out of normal people. Truly a beautiful book.If anyone knows similar books about Los Angeles or New York, please e-mail me, I'd love to hear from you: streetwhiz@aol.com
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