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2019
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Winner • Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in New York HistoryWinner • GANYC Apple Award for Outstanding Book Writing (Nonfiction)Finalist • Brendan Gill Prize (Municipal Art Society of New York)Open Letters Review • 10 Best Biographies of 2019The Bowery Boys Podcast • 10 Favorite Books of 2019A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal’s Red Caps, who flourished in the cul...
Boss of the Grips
The Life of James H. Williams and the Red Caps of Grand Central Terminal
- Narrated by
- David Sadzin
Unabridged
10 hours 11 min
2019
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A long-overdue biography of the head of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps, who flourished in the cultural nexus of Harlem and American railroads.In a feat of remarkable research and timely reclamation, Eric K. Washington uncovers the nearly forgotten life of James H. Williams (1878–1948), the chief porter of Grand Central Terminal's Red Caps—a multitude of Harlem-based black men whom he organized into the essential labor force of America's most august railroad stat...