Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders: An Urban Historical

Name: Ghosty Men: The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers, New York's Greatest Hoarders: An Urban Historical
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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By Franz Lidz

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Ghosty Men A true tale of changing New York by Franz Lidz, whose "Unstrung Heroes" is a classic of hoarder lore. Homer and Langley Collyer moved into their handsome brownstone in white, upper-class Harlem in 1909. By 1947, however, when the fire department had to carry Homer's body out of the house he hadn't left in twenty years, the neighborhood had degentrified, and their house was a fortress of junk: in a... Full description

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Edition:: 1
Languages:: Published: English , Original: English
Number of Pages:: 176
Publisher:: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication Date:: 2003-10-22
Weight:: 249 g
Dimensions:: 19/15/2 cm

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