The VillageCultural commentator John Strausbaugh's The Village is the first complete history of Greenwich Village, the prodigiously influential and infamous New York City neighborhood. From the Dutch settlers and Washington Square patricians, to the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and Prohibition era speakeasies; from Abstract Expressionism and beatniks, to Stonewall and AIDS, the connecting narratives of The Village tell the story of America itself. Illustrated with

and the complex bond that forms in the silence

“This series is a winner

She knows who Truly Devious is

Forced to deny one calling to satisfy another

And despite Lainie’s painful obsession with her on-again

Massing concludes that Europe has adopted a form of Erasmian humanism while America has been shaped by Luther-inspired individualism

they take breathtaking risks to warn the world of Hitler's plans for war

fruit of the town’s deepest-rooted family tree

ate indifferently

Until sixth grade in a new school presents a whole new set of surprises and challenges

Diago discovers his family is held hostage

— Lisa Wingate