From the author of A Diary of the Century comes an entertaining history of the great metropolis, now in paperback. The irresistibe narrative focuses on the significant events and individuals that have shaped New York over the decades. Ellis's everyman prose captures the ebullience and vivacity of the great city, the flavor of its streets and parks, and the excitement that makes Gotham a magnet for millions every year.
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LJ's reviewer praised Ellis's 1966 epic for its "easy narrative flow, its comprehensible scope...its impressive bibliography." The text is chock-full of interesting tidbits about New York City from Giovanni da Verrazano's first trip into New York Harbor in 1524 to the mid-1960s. "Highly recommended" (LJ
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"The best one-volume history of the metropolis ever published."
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- PublisherKodansha Amer Inc
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 1568362048
- ISBN 13 9781568362045
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages640
- IllustratorWong Jeanyee
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