Joseph Mitchell

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Joseph Mitchell


Born
in Fairmont, North Carolina, The United States
July 27, 1908

Died
May 24, 1996

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Joseph Mitchell was an American writer who wrote for The New Yorker. He is known for his carefully written portraits of eccentrics and people on the fringes of society, especially in and around New York City.
-Wikipedia

Average rating: 4.23 · 8,164 ratings · 845 reviews · 148 distinct worksSimilar authors
Up in the Old Hotel

4.33 avg rating — 4,206 ratings — published 1992 — 26 editions
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Joe Gould's Secret

4.06 avg rating — 1,977 ratings — published 1965 — 43 editions
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McSorley's Wonderful Saloon

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4.32 avg rating — 477 ratings — published 1944 — 28 editions
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My Ears Are Bent

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4.18 avg rating — 430 ratings — published 1938 — 17 editions
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The Bottom of the Harbor

4.28 avg rating — 402 ratings — published 1959 — 33 editions
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Old Mr. Flood

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4.25 avg rating — 277 ratings — published 1948 — 13 editions
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Una vita per strada

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2.91 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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La tomba di Mr Hunter

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Praštěnej krávou

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Nekrolog jedné nálevny

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“...you can hate a place with all your heart and soul and still be homesick for it.”
Joseph Mitchell

“Also, I had not yet found out about time; I was still under the illusion that I had plenty of time - time for this, time for that, time for everything, time to waste.”
Joseph Mitchell, Up in the Old Hotel

“He had a habit of remarking to bartenders that he didn't see any sense in mixing whiskey with water since the whiskey was already wet.”
Joseph Mitchell

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