Hell's Kitchen

AUTHOR’S NOTE

Readers interesed in oral histories of Manhattan and unable to find John Pellam’s documentary, West of Eighth, at their local video stores might wish to read Jeff Kisseloff’s You Must Remember This. This excellent oral history of Manhattan contains a section on Hell’s Kitchen, which Pellam found immensely helpful in researching his own book (as did I in writing this one). Pellam also keeps Luc Sante’s Low Life and Studs Terkel’s Talking to Myself on his bookshelf in his Winnebago.