Hacking New York

<p>The experiences in this surprising book are drawn directly from the daily life of a New York taxicab driver in good standing. Mr. Hazard has been hacking the city for almost nine years.</p><p>He deals with phases of life of which the average reader knows not at all-the rackets a taxi man has to fight the graft he has to pay the characters of the half-world he meets-and much</p><p>more.</p><p><br></p><p>The book compares hacking conditions to-day and ten years ago when the author got his first license by shaking hands with an official and forgetting to remove a ten-dollar bill from the</p><p>political palm when the handshaking was over. Every page is packed with human interest and keen understanding of character. </p><p><br></p><p>The author came to New York to see life in Greenwich Village. Since he had to make a living he thought taxi driving was as good a way as any other. He is in his thirties was a hobo and wanderer before he was a taxi driver and is still piloting his cab through the tangles of New York traffic.</p><p class=ql-align-right>-<em>From the original 1930 dust jacket flap</em></p><p><br></p><p>Hazard is a born storyteller especially for his humor and crisp simplicity and a born racketeer. He tells a hundred vibrating experiences from that man-eating money-crazy jungle through</p><p>which New Yorkers pass every day.-George Britt <em>New York Telegram</em></p>