New York has always been a city full of stories and, in MANHATTAN TALES, Isabel Butterfield now adds a few more. She grew up in Manhattan and remembers clearly many personalities and events associated with Prohibition, the Wall Street Crash, the launch of President Roosevelt's New Deal and America's entry into World War II. Whether describing the growth of organized crime, the Lindbergh kidnapping or the regal progress of Cunard's transatlantic liners out of New York Harbor and across the ocean, Isabel Butterfield's buoyant and affectionate reminiscences combine to make these true stories a valuable period and personal document.