- Hardcover: 58 pages
- Publisher: Little Bookroom (Jan 1 2000)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1892145065
- ISBN-13: 978-1892145062
- Product Dimensions: 13.8 x 1.2 x 18.6 cm
- Shipping Weight: 200 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
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#383,449 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #72 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > Family & Childhood
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Harpo, born Adolph, reminisces in this 1961 autobiography about growing up on East 93rd Street in New York City. In a conversational style, he remembers his short-lived formal education in public schools he was thrown out a window by other students in the second grade and never went back and his less-formal education in street hustling from older brother Chico, as well as his other famous brothers, parents, and grandparents. This additionally contains an introduction by E.L. Doctorow. A real charmer.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Long before vaudeville, Broadway, and the silver screen, Harpo Marx had triumphed on the greatest stage of all: New York City. For a kid on the streets in 1902, every day demanded wit and improvisation. Beyond the door of the tenement at 179 East 93rd Street lay rival gangs, lucky breaks, failed hustles. While his mother, Minnie, was occupied elsewhere—planning her unruly brood’s ultimate destiny—Harpo roamed the streets doing what any self-respecting second-grade dropout would: grabbing the family’s one left-foot skate and heading to Central Park, preparing for the bonfires of a Tammany election night, and hopping on the El to watch “the Gods in Valhalla—which is to say, the New York Giants in the Polo Grounds.” With an unforgettable cast of characters, and set against turn-of-the-century Manhattan, Harpo Speaks . . . About New York overflows with the optimism and sweetness of the kid who, on the off-chance that “Sandy Claus” just might remember him, never forgot to hang his stocking in the airshaft on Christmas Eve.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Sweetness and understanding of a great family,
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This review is from: Harpo Speaks...About New York (Hardcover)
This may be an excerpt from a larger work, of which I'm unfamiliar. I have to judge it simply on what's before me. As one who thinks New York is the most civilized city on the planet though not as beautiful as Sydney, Australia, and who grew up, with millions of others, loving Harpo Marx, I loved this (little book). It is quite atmospheric and gives a very clear understanding of where the Marx Brothers got their drive and energy - Mother Minnie (stagestruck) and Father Frenchie (Housekeeper, tailor and cook). It is also a resounding example of the power of family. A very sweet and companiable edition by The Little Bookroom. Would make a very sweet gift as well.
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Just an extract,
By The Reluctant Critic (Orlando, Florida USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Harpo Speaks...About New York (Hardcover)
Buy the book "Harpo Speaks". This is merely a coffee table extract from the FULL book, available...
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Just an extract,
By The Reluctant Critic - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Harpo Speaks...About New York (Hardcover)
Buy the book "Harpo Speaks". This is merely a coffee table extract from the FULL book, available...
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful
1.0 out of 5 stars
BUY HARPO SPEAKS INSTEAD!!!,
By George Glass - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Harpo Speaks...About New York (Hardcover)
I loved the book Harpo Speaks so very much -- I've bought it for birthday presents for 2 different people so far. It's one of my top 10 favorite books. The first 80 - 100 pages are a little slow but after that? It takes off at a gallop and reads like fantastic fiction -- drama and comedy and heart -- and all of it actually happened! Well, out of love for this book, I wanted anything else by Harpo Marx and Rowland Barber and bought this book without much thought. Or research. And found, much to my chagrin, just like a previous reviewer noted, it's just THE FIRST FEW CHAPTERS OF HARPO SPEAKS!!! NOTHING NEW!!! I reiterate: BUY HARPO SPEAKS INSTEAD!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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Don't buy,
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