books by Jill Jonnes

books by Jill Jonnes

books:

Jill Jonnes

South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall, and Resurrection of an American City

Jill Jonnes

Fordham University Press, 2002

A Bronx Tear
'South Bronx Rising' pulls no punches and painstankingly charts the penultimate urban destruction of the South Bronx.In someone else's hands, this story that charts the downfall of what was once a bountiful hinterland north of Manhatten, could have got bogged down in ...

Fame At Last: Who Was Who According to The New York Times Obituaries

John C. Ball, Jill Jonnes, ...

Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2000

Here's A Unique Topic.
Master writer and researcher Jill Jonnes is back, this time teamed with the venerable John C. Ball. Fame At Last is the culmination of an unlikely look at a five-year history of New York Times obituaries. The New York Times obits are a veritable who's who of the ...

HEP CATS, NARCS, AND PIPE DREAMS: A History of America's Romance with Illegal Drugs

Jill Jonnes

Scribner, 1996

Drug Policy 101
It's frightening to consider that most of the politicians and bureaucrats responsible for establishing illegal drug policy in America will have never read Jill Jonnes' book. Hep-Cats, Narcs, and Pipe Dreams should be mandatory reading for all such people, not ...

We're Still Here: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of the South Bronx

Jill Jonnes

Little Brown & Co (T), 1986

Important Lessons.
Jill Jonnes' debut book will be of interest to all residents of New York City, past or present. It also contains important lessons on failed welfare policies and insurance practices. She delivers sweeping historical background on the creation and ethnic make-up of the ...

Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels

Jill Jonnes

Viking Adult, 2007

Highly Recommended Reading About an Interesting Episode in New York City History
There was a point while I was reading Jill Jonnes', "Conquering Gotham", that I wished I could reach back through time, grab old Penn Station and plunk it back down onto its comfortable spot at 7th Avenue and West 32nd Street. Not the tawdry Penn Station I remember ...

Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World

Jill Jonnes

Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2004

So Good They Should Make It a Movie
This book is so good they could make it into a movie. I've worked for an electrical power utility for over 38 years and I'm a history buff so this was a double pleasure for me. Jill Jonnes gives us a fascinating look at the origins of electrical power in the U.S. ...