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Bibliographic Information

Doctorow, E. L. The Waterworks. New York: Random House, 1994.

Type: book ; Genre: novel

Abstract

This historical novel of 1870s New York City briefly mentions Pfaff's bar. The narrator of the novel refers to "Pfaff's saloon on Broadway" and says that "The raucous good humor there seemed to me callow" (198).

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Pfaff, Charles Ignatius [pages: 198]

Pfaff's bar is briefly mentioned in this historical novel about 1870s New York City as a place whose "raucous good humor" seems "callow" to the narrator (198).