The New Yorkers 31 remarkable people, 400 years, and the untold biography of the world's greatest city
John Colman: Whodunit? The first recorded homicide -- Anneke Jans Bogardus: This land is our land -- John Bowne: Practicing what they preach -- Isaac Sears: American began in New York -- John Jay: The capital of capital -- Levi Weeks: The Manhattan well mystery -- Christian Harriot: The original roa...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York ; London ; Oxford ; New Delhi ; Sydney
Bloomsbury Publishing
2022
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | John Colman: Whodunit? The first recorded homicide -- Anneke Jans Bogardus: This land is our land -- John Bowne: Practicing what they preach -- Isaac Sears: American began in New York -- John Jay: The capital of capital -- Levi Weeks: The Manhattan well mystery -- Christian Harriot: The original road hogs -- Jacob Hays: The constant constable -- James Gordon Bennett: A penny for his thoughts -- David F. Launy: The first broken windows theory -- Thomas Downing: A man for all seasonings -- John Randel Jr.: The geek who invented gridlock -- John Hughes: The bully pulpit -- Charles O'Connor: Why Irish eyes were smiling -- Elizabeth Jennings: The right to ride -- The Bradley-Martins: After the ball was over -- Charles Down: The day of two noons -- Annie Moore: Coming to America -- Andrew H. Green: Brooklyn's great mistake -- William J. Wilgus: The making of Midtown -- Rudolph Aronson: "Remember me to Union Square" -- Philip A. Payton Jr.: Harlem on his mind -- Audrey Munson: The limitations of statues -- Clara Lemlich: The little lady who could -- Charles F. Murphy: The benevolent boss -- Ciro Terranova: The Mayor and the mobster -- Tex and Jinx: The birth of celebrity -- Lillian Edelstein: Moses: "Let my people stay!" -- Preston Wilcox: The pedigree of Black Power -- Jack Maple: The commonsense cop -- Carmelia Goffe: They built this city "From award-winning New York Times reporter Sam Roberts, the story of the world's most exceptional city, told through 31 little-known yet pivotal inhabitants who helped define it" |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index |
| Beschreibung: | xii, 371 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781620409787 978-1-62040-978-7 |