The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit, Revised Edition [Paperback]

Stan Fischler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

This a soft cover version of the ever popular book on the history of New York City's rapid transit by the "Subway Maven" Stan Fischler.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Stan Fischler "the Hockey Maven" is an analyist for MSG network and covers all three hockey teams in the New York City area (Rangers, Islanders and Devils) and is the author of over 70 books on hockey, rapid transit and trolleys.

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: H & M Productions; Revised edition (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1882608232
• ISBN-13: 978-1882608232
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,886,284 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lacking information, but a good read, November 14, 2001

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John Swallow (London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit, Revised Edition (Paperback)

As a Brit with a passing interest in the New York subway system I purchased this book and one other as a way of finding out more about the network.

This was the poorer of the two books that I purchased, in that it seemed to be more anecdotal in nature, with few hard facts about the system. Some sections seemed to be a bit strange, such as that reviewing each line from a tourist/riding point of view.

However, I don't want to appear totally negative about the book - it was an interesting read but not quite the definitive tome that I was looking for.

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good book on the overall view of the NYC subway sistem, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit (Hardcover)

A good book if you want to know the histery and running of the subways. Many little known facts also line the book pages. This is a wonderful update of the orginal book and suggest that you order it.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great subway stories, December 18, 2004

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Veronica Morris "francoroni" (Bay Area, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Subway: A Trip Through Time on New York's Rapid Transit, Revised Edition (Paperback)

If you are looking for a dry historical litany of the subway, this book is NOT for you!

This book recounts tales of subways in NYC. It is very well written in a story-telling way. There are amusing antidotes, like "Smelly Kelly" who sniffed out old elephant dung in a tunnel as well as chilling descriptions of accidents like the Malbone street accident. This accident was so bad they changed the name of the street.

As a true subway lover, I enjoyed the descriptions of the lines. In fact, when I was little we had the original version of this book. We once spent an entire trip in NYC taking all the subway lines, reading this book out loud as we did so.