France (1937 edition) the most pessimistic phrasebook ever published? What was meant as a practical tool for British tourists instead became an accidental masterpiece of travel anxiety literature, ...

The "reverent waiters" of Galatoire's are noted, as well as founder Jean Galatoire's origins near Pau, in France. Antoine's is a "museum-worthy brasserie," while Arnaud's has "an atmosphere comparable ...

and funeral homes once listed in The Green Book. I also delved deeply into the history of the guide: the circumstances that prompted Victor Green, a postman who lived in Harlem but delivered mail ...