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The following list highlights titles from The Branch Libraries of The New York Public Library. These materials can be found throughout the branches, although many are reference works housed in the Bronx History Collection at the Bronx Reference Center. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of materials on the topic. For more information or to check holdings, click on the link under each title to connect to the library catalog.
In addition to the book and video resources at The Branch Libraries, the Bronx Reference Center maintains the Bronx History Scrapbook, a collection of newspaper clippings dating from 1956 on many different topics concerning the Bronx. Please contact a librarian at the Bronx Reference Center if you are interested in using the Bronx History Scrapbook.
Research Guides and Bibliographies
25 Year Index, The Bronx County Historical Society Journal, 1964-1988.
Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1991.
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The Bronx in Print: An Annotated Catalogue of Books and Pamphlets
About the Bronx.
Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1981.
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The Bronx in Print: An Annotated Catalogue of Books, Dissertations,
Pamphlets, Scripts, and Manuscripts About the Bronx.
Laura Tosi. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society and The New
York Public Library, 2003.
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Genealogy in the Bronx: An Annotated Guide to Sources of Information.
Laura Tosi and Janet Butler. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society,
1986.
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Guide to Historical Resources in Bronx County New York Repositories.
New York: Historical Resources Center, Olin Library, Cornell University,
1988.
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Index to Article Titles and Contributing Authors of the Bronx County
Historical Society Journal, 1964-2000.
Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 2000.
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Inventory of Borough Archives in the City of New York: Bronx Borough. New
York: Historical Records Survey, 1942.
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Inventory of County Archives of New York City: Bronx County. New York: Historical
Records Survey, 1940.
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Local History Classroom Resource Guide.
Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1994.
Suggested lessons, activities, and resources for all grades.
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Title List of 19th Century Bronx Newspapers and Title List of Bronx Newspapers,
1900-1950.
Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1976.
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Art and Architecture
The Architectural and Historical Resources of Riverdale, The Bronx,
New York: A Preliminary Survey.
Riverdale, NY: The Preservancy, 1998.
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Artwalks in New York: Delightful Discoveries of Public Art and Gardens
in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Queens, and Staten Island.
Marina Harrison and Lucy D. Rosenfeld. New York: M. Kesend Publications,
1994.
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Bronx Art Deco Architecture: An Exposition.
Donald Sultan and Brian Danforth. New York: Hunter College, 1976.
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Building a Borough: Architecture and Planning in the Bronx, 1890-1940.
New York: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1986.
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Public Art in The Bronx.
Organized by Sally Webster and Susan Hoeltzel.
Bronx, NY: Lehman College Art Gallery, 1993.
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Public Buildings in The Bronx.
Michael Cheilik and David Gillison. New York: Herbert H. Lehman College,
The City University of New York, 1980.
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Traditions and Transformations: Contemporary Afro-American Sculpture.
New York: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1989.
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Urban Mythologies: The Bronx Represented Since the 1960s.
Bronx, NY: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1999.
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Whose Art Is It?
Jane Kramer. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1994.
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Fiction
Billy Bathgate.
E.L. Doctorow. New York: Random House, 1989.
A portrayal of the New York gangster world of the 1930s as related through the eyes of a 15-year-old boy.
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Bloodbrothers.
Richard Price. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1976.
Eighteen year old Stony De Coco is trapped in a working-class world that offers him only one way of proving his loyalty, and no way out.
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The Boy Without a Flag: Tales of the South Bronx.
Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. Minneapolis, MN: Milkweed Editions, 1992.
Harshly realistic evocation of life for young people in the South Bronx.
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The Bronx Boy: No More Awnings in The Bronx.
Gerald C. Flynn. Huntington,WV: University Editions, 1993.
JIMS relates his experiences growing up in the Bronx, in Naval aviations,
and as a professor of Spanish.
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Bronx Masquerade.
Nikki Grimes. New York: Dial Books, 2002.
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The Buddha Book.
Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. New York: Picador, 2001.
Two teenage boys create an underground comic book that tells true tales
about their lives in the South Bronx.
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City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder.
Herman Wouk. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969.
This story of an eleven-year old Bronx boy and his adventures in school,
at home, and at summer camp takes place in the years before the Depression.
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El Bronx.
Jerome Charyn. New York: Mysterious Press, 1997.
The mayor struggles to keep the Yankees and save the Bronx from destroying
itself.
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El Bronx Remembered: A Novella and Stories.
Nicholasa Mohr. New York: Harper & Row, 1975.
A novella and short stories drawn from the author's past about the
lives and struggles of Puerto Rican migrants in the South Bronx in the
years from 1946 to 1956.
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Growing Up Bronx.
Gerald Rosen. Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Books, 1984.
All Danny Schwartz wants is a normal American childhood, but in his
eccentric family this is hard to come by. This coming of age story takes
place in the 1940s and 1950s.
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In the Beginning.
Chaim Potok. New York: Knopf, 1975.
The novel has been described as a spiritual Horatio Alger story and
concerns the development of a Jewish boy who becomes a biblical scholar.
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Inside, Outside.
Herman Wouk. Boston: Little, Brown, 1985.
Focuses on the Jewish-American experience through the life of one man,
his immigrant parents, and the Bronx neighborhood where he grew up.
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The Kingsbridge Plot.
Maan Myers. New York: Doubleday, 1993.
Set in New York during the revolutionary period. A young doctor, John
Tonnerman, pursues a killer and uncovers a plot to assassinate General
George Washington.
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Milagro en el Bronx y otros relatos.
José López Heredia. New York: Las Americas Publishing Co.,
1984.
The author recounts his experiences living in Puerto Rico and the
Bronx.
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The Old Neighborhood.
Avery Corman. New York: Linden Press, 1980.
The coming of age of a young man in the Bronx with vivid scenes
of life as it was in the l940s and l950s.
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The Ryer Avenue Story.
Dorothy Uhnak. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
A murder in a Bronx neighborhood in 1935 has lifelong consequences
for six youths, one of whom is the killer, and one of whom sees his own
father executed for the crime.
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Sacred Lips of The Bronx.
Douglas Sadownick. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
Side-by-side portraits of a gay man at two points in his life.
This novel explores AIDS activism, Jewish folkore, California New Age,
and the streets of the Bronx.
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Sacred Time.
Ursula Hegi. New York: St. Martin's Press, 2003.
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Santería, Bronx.
Judith Illsley Gleason. New York: Atheneum, 1975.
With the help of Santería and its practicing priestess, Concha, Raymond
attempts to straighten out his life after the death of his parents.
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Spidertown.
Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. New York: Hyperion, 1993.
This first novel concerns itself with the high-risk lives of teenagers
and is also an urban love story.
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Una Historia del Bronx.
James Ellison. Barcelona: Ediciones B., 1995.
A novel based on the screenplay "A Bronx Tale," written by Chazz Palminteri.
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The Wanderers.
Richard Price. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
The Bronx in the 1960s is the setting for this story of the coming
of age of a gang of Italian-American adolescents.
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The War at Home: A Memoir Novel.
Nora Eisenberg. Wellfleet, MA: Leapfrog Press, 2002.
This memoir-novel set in the Bronx in the 1950s relates the life Lucy
Lehman shares with her older brother, battle-fatigued father, and drug-addicted
mother.
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Where You Belong.
Mary Ann McGuigan. New York: Atheneum, 1997.
In 1963, after thirteen-year-old Fiona runs away from home and reunites
with her former classmate Yolanda in an all-black neighborhood of the
Bronx, she finds both comfort and controversy.
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World's Fair.
E.L. Doctorow. New York: Random House, 1985.
The story of a Bronx childhood of the 1930s set against the drama of
the 1939 World's Fair.
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General Bronx History
Back in The Bronx: Celebrating the Experience of Growing Up and Living in
The Bronx.
Scarsdale, NY: Back in The Bronx, 1996.
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The Beautiful Bronx (1920-1950).
Lloyd Ultan. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, Arlington
House, 1979.
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The Birth of the Bronx: 1609-1900.
Lloyd Ultan and Gary Hermalyn. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical
Society, 2000.
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The Borough of the Bronx, 1639-1913: Its Marvelous Development and Historical
Surroundings.
Harry T. Cook. New York: Harry T. Cook, 1913.
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The Bronx: It Was Only Yesterday (1935-1965).
Lloyd Ultan and Gary Hermalyn. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical
Society, 1992.
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The Bronx: Lost, Found, and Remembered (1935-1975).
Stephen M. Samtur and Martin A. Jackson. Scarsdale, NY: Back In The
Bronx, 1999.
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The Bronx and Its People: A History, 1609-1927.
New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1927.
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The Bronx in the American Revolution.
Lloyd Ultan. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1975.
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The Bronx in the Frontier Era, From the Beginning to 1896.
Lloyd Ultan. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1993.
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The Bronx in the Innocent Years (1890-1925).
Lloyd Ultan and Gary Hermalyn, in collaboration with the Bronx County Historical Society. New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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The Bronx Then & Now.
Stephen M. Samtur. Scarsdale, NY: Back in the Bronx, 2003.
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The Bronx Through the Years: A Geography and History.
George J. Fluhr. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, Aidan
Press, 1964.
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The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to France.
New York: C. Scribner's Sons, 1888.
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The Great North Side or the Borough of the Bronx.
New York: North Side Board of Trade, The Knickerbocker Press, 1897.
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History in Asphalt: The Origin of Bronx Street and Place Names, 3rd Revised
Ed.
John McNamara. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1991.
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History of Bronx Borough, City of New York.
Randall Comfort. New York: North Side News Press, 1906.
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McNamara's Old Bronx.
John McNamara. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1989.
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A Medical Chronicle of The Bronx.
Francis J. Loperfido. New York: Bronx County Medical Society, 1964.
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South Bronx.
Bill Twomey. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2002.
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Story of The Bronx: From the Purchase Made by the Dutch from the Indians
in 1639 to the Present Day.
Stephen Jenkins. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1912.
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Literature
Bronx Accent: A Literary and Pictorial History of the Borough.
New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 2000.
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Bronx Roots V.1: An Anthology of Writings from The Bronx Poets and
Writers Alliance.
New York: Bronx Poets and Writers Alliance, 1981.
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The Last Portrait: Selected Poems by Michelina Buonocore.
New York: Dragon's Teeth Press, 1987.
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Not Black and White: Inside Words from The Bronx WritersCorps.
Austin, TX: Plain View Press, 1994.
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Paese [poems].
Victor Mastrovincenzo, et al. 1979.
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Poems and Tales of Edgar Allan Poe at Fordham.
The Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1999.
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Poems of Edgar Allan Poe at Fordham.
Edgar Allan Poe. The Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1980.
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Center also holds an extensive collection of titles on and by Edgar Allan Poe, who
lived and maintained a cottage near the library.
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Neighborhoods and Landmarks
The Architectural and Historical Resources of Riverdale, The Bronx, New
York: A Preliminary Survey.
Riverdale, NY: The Riverdale Nature Preservancy, 1998.
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The Arthur Avenue Cookbook: Recipes and Memories from the Real Little Italy.
Ann Volkwein. New York: Regan Books, 2004.
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Belmont & Arthur Avenue.
Stephen M. Samtur. Scarsdale, NY: Back in the Bronx, 2002.
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Boulevard-Prospect Area, Bronx, New York City: A Survey.
New York: The Committee, 1947.
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The Bronx Triangle: A Portrait of Norwood.
Edna Mead. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1982.
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City Island: Her Voyage Through History.
Allan Flood and Robert Mullen. City Island, NY: Self-Published, 1949.
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City Island and Orchard Beach.
Catherine A. Scott. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 1999.
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City Island: Tales of the Clam Diggers.
Alice Payne. Floral Park, NY: Printed by Graphicopy, Inc., 1969.
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The Diamond in the Bronx: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York.
Neil J. Sullivan. New York, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
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Fordham Was A Town.
Rocky D'Erasmo. New York: Self-Published, 1978.
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Gathering of Animals: An Unconventional History of the New York Zoological
Society.
William Bridges. New York: Harper & Row, 1974.
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God's House and the Old Kingsbridge Road.
William A. Tieck. New York: 1948.
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The Hall of Fame for Great Americans at New York University, Revised
Edition.
New York: New York University, 1967.
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The History of the Morris Park Racecourse and the Morris Family.
Nicholas DiBrino. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1977.
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History of the Town of Kings Bridge: Now Part of the 24th Ward, New York
City.
Thomas H. Edsall. New York: 1887.
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Landmarks of The Bronx.
Gary Hermalyn and Robert Kornfeld. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical
Society, 1989.
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Legacy of the Revolution: The Valentine-Varian House.
Lloyd Ultan. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1983.
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Loew's Paradise, Grand Concourse, The Bronx, New York City.
Michael Miller. Alameda, CA: Theatre Historical Society, 1975.
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The Making of a Slum: How a Respectable Neighborhood Becomes an Urban Jungle.
Michael Dorman. New York: Delacorte Press, 1972.
An in-depth study of the community of Hunt's Point.
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The Manor of Fordham and Its Founder.
Harry C.W. Melick. New York: Fordham University Press, 1950.
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Memories of Fordham.
Rocky D'Erasmo. New York: Self-Published, 1987.
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Monte Carmelo: An Italian American Community in the Bronx.
Anthony LaRuffa. New York: Gordon and Breach, 1988.
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Morrisania and Tremont Directory, 1871-72.
D.B. Frisbee and Wm. T. Coles. Morrisania, NY: Times Print, 1871.
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Morrisania, Melrose, Mott Haven: Three Bronx Communities.
New York: The Protestant Council of the City of New York, 1956.
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Notes on the History of the Fordham Area.
Hilah Paulmier. 1926.
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Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil: New York City; A Historical Epitome
of the Northwest Bronx.
William Tieck. Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revel Co., 1968.
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The Secret City: Woodlawn Cemetery and the Buried History of New York.
Fred Goodman. New York: Broadway Books, 2004.
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The South Bronx and the Founding of America: An Activity Book for
Teachers and Students.
Lisa Garrison. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1987.
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The Story of Van Cortlandt.
Katharine M. Beekman and Norman M. Isham. New York: Colonial Dames, 1917.
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Theatres of the Bronx.
Michael Miller. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1980.
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Throgg's Neck Memories: The History of a Thriving Community.
John McNamara. New York: Self-Published, 1994.
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Throggs Neck, Pelham Bay.
Bill Twomey. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Pub., 1998.
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Wave Hill, Riverdale, and New York City: Legacy of a Hudson River Estate.
Albert Fein. Bronx, NY: Wave Hill, Inc., 1979.
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Woodlawn Remembers: Cemetery of American History.
Edward F. Bergman. Utica, NY: North Country Books, 1988.
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People and Culture
The Air Down Here: True Tales from a South Bronx Boyhood.
Gil C. Alicia. San Francisco: Chronicle Books, 1995.
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Back in The Bronx.
Scarsdale, NY: Back in The Bronx, [1996?].
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Bainbridge, Marion, and Decatur.
Fred C. Feddeck. New York: Vantage Press, 1999.
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The Black Swan: A Memoir.
Jerome Charyn. New York: St Martin's Press, 2000.
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Breathing Space: A Spiritual Journey in the South Bronx.
Heidi Neumark. Boston: Beacon Press, 2003.
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Bronx Boy: A Memoir.
Jerome Charyn. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2002.
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Bronx Cheer: A Memoir.
Julius Jacobs. Monroe, NY: Library Research Associates, 1976.
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The Bronx Cookbook.
Bronx, NY: The Society, 1997.
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Bronx Primitive: Portraits in a Childhood.
Kate Simon. New York: Viking Press, 1982.
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Bronx to Broadway: A Life in Show Business.
Harold A. Thau. New York: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books, 2002.
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A Clean Street's a Happy Street: A Bronx Memoir.
James McSherry. New York: Universe, Inc., 2004.
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Crossing Highbridge: A Memoir of Irish America.
Maureen Waters. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 2001.
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The Dark Lady from Belorusse: A Memoir.
Jerome Charyn. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
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Dreaming of Columbus: A Boyhood in The Bronx.
Michael Pearson. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1999.
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Edgar Allan Poe at Fordham.
Kathleen A. McAuley. The Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society,
1988.
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In My Father's Bakery: A Bronx Memoir.
Marvin Korman. New York: Red Rock Press, 2003.
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Kitchen Priviledges: A Memoir.
Mary Higgins Clark. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2002.
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Lost in America: A Journey with my Father.
Sherwin B. Nuland. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
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Memories of Clason Point.
Kelly Sonnenfeld. New York: Dutton Books, 1998.
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The Miracle of Intervale Avenue: The Story of a Jewish Congregation
in the South Bronx.
Jack Kugelmass. New York: Schocken Books, 1986.
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My Life As a List: 207 Things About My (Bronx) Childhood.
Linda Rosenkrantz. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1999.
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The Poe Cottage at Fordham.
Reginald Pelham Bolton. New York: The Bronx Society of Arts and Sciences, 1927.
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Report from Engine Co. 82.
Dennis Smith. New York: McCall Books, 1972.
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Surviving the Fall: The Personal Journey of an AIDS Doctor.
Peter A. Selwyn. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1998.
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Tales from the Yankee Dugout: Quips, Quotes & Anecdotes About
The Bronx Bombers.
Ken McMillan. Champaign, IL: Sports Pubs., 2001.
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That Special Place: New World Irish Stories.
Terence Winch. Brooklyn, NY: Hanging Loose Press, 2004.
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They Were Here: Some Bronxites Who Have Achieved.
The Bronx, NY: The Bronx Society of Science and Letters, 1986.
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Unfinished People: Eastern European Jews Encounter America.
Ruth Gay. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996.
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A Wider World: Portraits in Adolescence.
Kate Simon. New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
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Who She Was: My Search for My Mother's Life.
Samuel G. Freedman. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
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Schools and Education
Morris High School and the Creation of the New York City Public High
School System.
Gary Hermalyn. Bronx, NY: The Bronx County Historical Society, 1995.
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Schools and School Days in Riverdale, Kingsbridge, Spuyten Duyvil: New York
City; The History of Public Education in the Northwest Bronx.
William A. Tieck. Old Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revel Co., 1971.
371.0109 T
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Up to the Present: The Story of Fordham.
Robert I. Gannon. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967.
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The Year Without an Autumn: Portrait of a School in Crisis (Bronx High School
of Science).
Robert Rossner. R.W. Baron, 1969.
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Social and Economic Analyses
Amazing Grace: The Lives of Children and the Conscience of a Nation.
Jonathan Kozol. New York: Crown, 1995.
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The Bronx.
Evelyn Diaz Gonzalez. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004.
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Bronx Borough Improvement Study.
Manoussoff Associates. New Rochelle, NY: 1979.
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Bronx Ecology: Blueprint for a New Environmentalism.
Allen Hershkowitz. Washington, DC: Island Press, 2002.
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Bronx Transportation Study.
New York City Transit Authority. New York: The Authority, 1978.
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Devastation/Resurrection: The South Bronx.
Robert Jenson. Bronx, NY: Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1979.
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Feeding Frenzy: The Inside Story of Wedtech: The Gang That Stole The
Bronx, Had Washington in its Pocket, and Still Managed to Go Bankrupt.
William Sternberg and Matthew C. Harrison, Jr. New York: Holt, 1989.
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In the South Bronx of America.
Mel Rosenthal. Willimantic, CT: CurbstonePress, 2000.
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Organizing the South Bronx.
Jim Rooney. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1995.
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A Preliminary Assessment of Community Redevelopment in the South Bronx.
New York: Citizens Housing and Planning Council, 1998.
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A Profile of The Bronx Economy.
New York: Fordham University, Institute for Urban Studies, 1967.
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Proposal for the South Bronx: Preliminary Draft.
New York: Department of City Planning, 1978.
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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx.
Adrian Nicole LeBlanc. New York: Scribner, 2003.
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South Bronx Revitalization Program and Development Guide Plans.
New York: South Bronx Development Office, 1980.
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A Study of the Lower Bronx.
New York: The Bronx Council of Social Agencies, 1939.
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South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall and Resurrection of an American City.
Jill Jonnes. New York: Fordham University Press, 2002.
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Tilting at Mills: Green Dreams, Dirty Dealings, and the Corporate Squeeze.
Lis Harris. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 2003.
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Documentaries on Video
Burnside.
Producers: Angelo Jannuzzi and Frantz Bouchereau. New York:
Angelo Jannuzzi, 1984.
An in-depth look at the daily life and challenges of residents of Burnside
Avenue in the Southwest Bronx.
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City Kids Meet Ashcan Art.
Producer: Robert W. Snyder. New York: Carousel Film & Video, 1998.
School children from the Bronx visit and react to an exhibit of works
by the Ashcan artists, a group of artists known for their gritty portrayals
of New York City at the turn of the last century.
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Cult of the Cubicles.
Director: George Kuchar. New York: Kitchen, 1987.
In this "classic example" of the Kuchar diaristic style, George travels
to the Bronx to visit his mother and to see old classmates from art school.
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Documentary in the Bronx.
Director: Angelo Jannuzzi and Thom Sudano. New York: Angelo Jannuzzi,
1978.
Various aspects of life in the Bronx are explored including interviews
with graffiti artists, efforts to improve the blighted South Bronx, and
the Italian-American neighborhood of Arthur Avenue.
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Flyin' Cut Sleeves.
Producer: Henry Chalfant and Rita Fecher. New York: Cinema Guild,
1993.
Using interviews and video footage filmed by Rita Fecher, a teacher
in the South Bronx, this documentary explores the realities of life as
a gang member.
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Focus on Your Future: Lehman College, The City University of New York.
Director: Joan Jubela. New York : Lehman College, 1989.
A video tour of the Lehman College campus in the Bronx in which students
discuss their impressions of the school.
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Four Voices: Stories of Community-Based Education.
Director: Pamela Yates. New York: First Run/Icarus with the MacArthur
Foundation, 1987.
Profiles a community-based education initiative in the South Bronx
in which troubled young men and women are taught basic skills.
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The Holland Avenue Boys.
Director: Howard E. Fischer. New York: Holland Avenue Boys Ltd.,
1998.
Success stories of ten men who grew up together in the Holland Avenue
section of the Bronx during the 1940s and 1950s and who have remained
in touch with each other into their adult years.
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Lean on Me: Neighbors Rebuild the South Bronx.
New York: DCTV Video, 1999.
Documentary featuring the lives of five individuals who together with
their neighbors created a positive, lasting change in the South Bronx
through the organizing efforts of the Highbridge Community Life Center.
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Loew's Paradise Theatre.
Producer: Stephen Samtur. New York: Back in the Bronx, 2003.
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The Miracle of Intervale Avenue.
Director: Ken Howard. Teaneck, NJ: Ergo Media, 1987.
An examination of the once thriving Jewish community in the South Bronx.
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Passin' It On: 25 Years Organizing the Northwest Bronx.
Director: Lyn Pyle. Bronx, NY: Mass Transit Street Theater &
Video, 1999.
A documentary on the grassroots movement to renew the Northwest Bronx
from the blight of the 1960s and 1970s, when fires and abandonment encouraged
the financial "redlining" of the community.
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The Police Tapes.
Producers: Alan and Susan Raymond. New York: Video Verite, 1976.
From April to June 1976, the Raymonds joined police officers in the
44th Precinct in the South Bronx and filmed a variety of dramatic encounters.
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Something Within Me.
Director: Emma Joan Morris. Santa Monica, CA: Direct Cinema, Ltd.,
1992.
Profiles the teachers, students, and parents who worked to revive the
community of St. Augustine's Catholic School in the South Bronx .
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Shotgun.
Director: Steven Goodman. New York: Steven Goodman, 1982.
A portrait of Shotgun, an eighteen-year-old gang member living in the
South Bronx.
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Third Avenue: Only the Strong Survive.
New York: Downtown Community TV Center, 1980.
A portrait of several residents of Third Avenue in New York City, including
a single mother from the Bronx.
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Torn Between Colors.
New York: Paper Tiger TV, 1990.
Black and Latino high school students from the Satellite Academy High
School in the Bronx examine media coverage of defendants in the Bensonhurst
murder trial and the Central Park rape trial.
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What's Up?: The Bronx!.
Bronx, NY: Bronx Tourism Council, 1997.
A video tour of the Bronx, New York, hosted by Regis Philbin.
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Feature Films on Video and DVD
The Age of Innocence (1993). Director: Martin Scorsese.
One pivotal scene was filmed at the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx.
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Awakenings (1991). Director: Penny Marshall.
True story of a shy, dedicated doctor who uses an experimental drug to awaken the catatonic victims of a rare disease.
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Boricua's Bond (2000). Director: Val Lik.
Story of a young Puerto Rican man living in New York City's South Bronx.
As he struggles to make his dream of becoming an artist a reality, he
must contend with the pressures of city living.
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Bronx Cheers (1990). Director: Raymond De Felitta.
Set in post World War II Bronx, a comic story of a bittersweet friendship
of an intelligent, struggling song-writer and a Heavyweight Championship
contender.
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A Bronx Morning (1931). Director: Jay Leyda.
This film provides a fond glimpse of the borough in the early thirties. Views of elevated trains, tenements, shops and street life are linked by visual and kinetic motifs that bridge documentary and avant-garde styles.
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A Bronx Tale (1993). Director: Robert de Niro.
A boy grows up in the Bronx with his father and the local mobster as his two mentors.
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The Catered Affair (1956). Director: Richard Brooks.
A middle-class Bronx housewife insists that her daughter have a fancy wedding, ignoring the fact that it will wipe out the family's savings.
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Dead Presidents (1995). Director: Albert Hughes.
A Vietnam vet is drawn into a life of crime with the help of his war buddies.
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Empire (2003). Director: Franc Reyes.
The tough, gritty streets of the South Bronx meets the white-collar world of Wall Street, as a charismatic Latino gangster tries to escape from his criminal past.
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Five Corners (1987). Director: Tony Bill.
A psychotic rapist is released from prison and pursues the young woman who helped convict him.
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Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981). Director: Daniel Petrie.
An urban drama about a policeman's life in a ravaged neighborhood in the Bronx.
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The Gambler (1974). Director: Karel Reisz.
James Caan's character is a professor at Fordham University, and a compulsive gambler.
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Goodbye, Columbus (1969). Director: Larry Peerce.
A social satire about a poor Bronx librarian and a young Jewish woman from Westchester who try to cross class lines against her parents' opposition. Based on the novel by Philip Roth.
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Hangin' with the Homeboys (1991). Director: Joseph Vasquez.
Four Bronx buddies head to Manhattan for a wild night on the town. They have almost nothing in common except the desire to escape their ghetto neighborhood for the bright lights of Manhattan.
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I Like it Like That (1994). Director: Darnell Martin.
A married couple face difficulties as she gets a job uptown and he lands in jail.
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Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962). Director: Sidney Lumet.
This film depicts a day in the life of a family deteriorating under drug addiction, alcoholism, and imminent death. Filmed at a cottage on City Island in the Bronx.
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Manhattan Merengue (1995). Director: Joseph Vasquez.
A young man has a dream to leave the Dominican Republic to dance on Broadway.
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Marty (1954). Director: Delbert Mann.
Marty, a lonely Bronx butcher, has given up looking for love... until he meets a female schoolteacher.
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Raging Bull (1980). Director: Martin Scorsese.
The rise and fall of middle-weight boxing champion Jake La Motta, known as the "Bronx Bull." Based on the book by Jake La Motta, Joseph Carter, and Peter Savage.
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Rumble in The Bronx (1996). Director: Stanley Tong.
Action star Jackie Chan stars in this fast paced action film set in the Bronx.
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Sweet Nothing (1995). Director: Gary Winick.
A young middle-class couple struggles with the husband's drug addiction, which poses a real threat to career, love and family.
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True Love (1989). Director: Nancy Savoca.
Set in the Bronx, this film traces the story of two Italian-American sweethearts in the last days before their wedding.
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The Wanderers (1979). Director: Philip Kaufman.
Coming of age story about teenaged street gangs in the Bronx in 1963.
Based on the Novel by Richard Price.
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The Warriors (1979). Director: Walter Hill.
The Warriors, a street gang, are blamed unfairly for a rival gang leader's death. They must fight for their lives as other gangs seek revenge.
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