All Around the Town

Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities, Second Edition

Автор: Patrick Bunyan

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Fordham University Press

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Where in Manhattan did Washington sleep? Where was Teddy Roosevelt born? Where did James Monroe die?...

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Автор

Patrick Bunyan

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2010

страници

432

EAN

9780823231744

ISBN

0823231747

Enbook ID

04941036

Издател

Fordham University Press

Теглоt

570

Размери

140 x 216 x 27

Пълно описание

Where in Manhattan did Washington sleep? Where was Teddy Roosevelt born? Where did James Monroe die? Where is the birthplace of the Twist? Where was Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff's multi-million dollar penthouse? Where is the site of the country's first traffic fatality? These tidbits are among the more than 2,000 fascinating entries comprising All Around the Town: Amazing Manhattan Facts and Curiosities, the definitive guide to historic New York.All Around the Town brings the city's history to life, street by street, building by building, in all its diversity. The entries, organized in an easy-to-use format by street address, were culled from a number of sources-histories, biographies, newspapers, guidebooks, and maps. They range from amusing anecdotes to familiar and not-so-familiar historical events, from the Dutch New Amsterdam period to the present day. It is a truly unique guidebook for its historical viewpoint, and will delight those looking for a glimpse of New York City beyond Madison Avenue and Broadway. The second edition is revised and updated for a new millennium, reflecting a constantly changing city, and is supplemented with additional anecdotes, and over a hundred new pictures and illustrations. It is even easier to use, with cross-street information, a more portable trim size, and 300 new and updated places of interest.

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