New York in the Fifties

Name: New York in the Fifties
Author: Dan Wakefield

by Dan Wakefield

Memoir capturing the literary and cultural scene of Manhattan during the 1950s

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Dan Wakefield

Dan Wakefield was a journalist and novelist whose Going All the Way was a frank, funny, and moving novel of 1950s Indianapolis youth discovering sex and freedom. His memoir New York in the Fifties is a vivid portrait of the era.

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