The memory palace : true short stories of the past / Nate DiMeo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DiMeo, Nate, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History.

United States.

United States--Anecdotes.

United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Anecdotes.

Physical Description:

ix, 313 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Random House, [2024]

Summary:

"For more than a decade, Nate DiMeo has brought the big and small of American history to life in The Memory Palace, a podcast of crystalline short stories that are all completely true. In this beautifully designed collection, where DiMeo takes advantage of the visual form of a book by creating striking juxtapositions between images and text, he gathers the best of the show and adds brand-new stories exclusive to the book, which especially take their inspiration from photographs and the emergence of photography. The collection adds up to a unique take on the past that asks what gets to count as history in the first place, draws deep meaning from forgotten lives, and often dives into past crazes and the sometimes humorous and sometimes devastating fact that what or who is popular in one moment can become a barely remembered curiosity in the next. He resurrects stories that deserve to be memorialized, like that of the Surfmen of the Outer Banks who saved countless sailors' lives and the workers who risked theirs daily to dig the base of the Brooklyn Bridge"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Weiner fund bookplate.

Other Format:

Online version:

DiMeo, Nate. Memory palace.

Online version: DiMeo, Nate. Memory palace.

ISBN:

9780593446157

0593446151

OCLC:

1433150805