Night Side of New York
Various
Play
Length 7 h 22 min
Chapters 22
First published 1866
This nonfiction collection of sketches, by "members of the New York press," takes the reader on a tour of 1866 New York City after dark, with stops along the way to vividly depict scenes ranging from the splendid to the squalid - but focusing largely on the latter! (Summary by Grant Hurlock)
Chapters
1
01 - A Fashionable Club House Read by Grant Hurlock 17:00
2
02 - The Fashionable Concert Saloon Read by Grant Hurlock 12:48
3
03 - Saturday Night at a Pawnbroker's Read by Grant Hurlock 17:55
4
04 - The Cheap Theatre - "444" Read by Grant Hurlock 12:59
5
05 - A Cock Pit Read by Grant Hurlock 16:16
6
06 - At a Free and Easy Read by Grant Hurlock 15:03
7
07 - The Dance Houses Read by Grant Hurlock 26:17
8
08 - The Police Stations Read by Grant Hurlock 40:05
9
09 - The Tombs on Sunday Morning Read by Grant Hurlock 10:46
10
10 - The Markets at Night Read by Grant Hurlock 16:57
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11 - Where Germans Most Do Congregate Read by Grant Hurlock 14:42
12
12 - A Fashionable Gambling House Read by Grant Hurlock 8:26
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13 - Thieves, Counterfeiters, Confidence Operators, Etc. Read by Grant Hurlock 23:05
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14 - Haunts of the Actors Read by Grant Hurlock 26:50
15
15 - Our All Night Eating Houses - By a Flunkey Read by Grant Hurlock 29:50
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16 - The Pugilists Read by Grant Hurlock 22:20
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17 - The "Mediums" Read by Grant Hurlock 24:14
18
18 - The Lairs of Misery and Crime Read by Grant Hurlock 25:43
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19 - The Newspapers Read by Grant Hurlock 13:19
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20 - The River Thieves Read by Grant Hurlock 24:28
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21 - An Arion Ball Read by Grant Hurlock 26:10
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22 - A Saturday Night at the Old Bowery Read by Grant Hurlock 16:47
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