Vol. 72 No. 3 (2024): NAMES: A Journal of Onomastics
Book Review

Book Review: Names of New York

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  • Christine DeVinne
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5195/names.2024.2684

Published 2024-09-11

Copyright (c) 2024 Christine DeVinne

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Abstract

Names of New York: Discovering the City’s Past, Present, and Future Through Its Place-Names. By Joshua Jelly-Shapiro. New York: Penguin Random House. 2021. Pp. 243. (Hardback) $22.00. ISBN 13: 978-1-5247-4892.

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