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Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places

By Tim , Rowland

Book information

Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Year
2016
ISBN
9781510700123, 9781510700130, 1510700129
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
2 MB (2504636 bytes)
Pages
224 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Biography;Biographies;History;Anecdotes;New York (

Description

Selling the public on a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge -- A humble printer establishes freedom of the press -- Botched abortion, botched justice -- The US Mail underfoot -- The grand slave conspiracy that wasn't -- Mark Twain takes New York by storm and spirit -- The rise and fall of Little Germany -- New York's cross-dressing governor -- A deadly battle of shakespearian actors -- A lake gets its revenge on Manhattan -- Woodlawn Cemetery's celebrated clientele -- A building and a food fight for the ages -- New York's new insane class, and the woman who fought for them -- New York declares war on pigs -- A floating city of liquor.

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