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Book Fifty Years  Reminiscences of New York  or  flowers from the garden of Laurie Todd  being a collection of fugitive pieces which appeared in the newspapers and periodicals of the day  etc

Download or read book Fifty Years Reminiscences of New York or flowers from the garden of Laurie Todd being a collection of fugitive pieces which appeared in the newspapers and periodicals of the day etc written by Grant THORBURN and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Fifty Years  Reminiscences of New York

Download or read book Fifty Years Reminiscences of New York written by Grant Thorburn and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Bulletin of the New York Public Library

Download or read book Bulletin of the New York Public Library written by New York Public Library and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes its Report, 1896-19 .

Book A Manual of American Literature

Download or read book A Manual of American Literature written by John Seely Hart and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of American Biography

Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography written by Francis Samuel Drake and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 1046 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of American Biography  Including Men of the Time     Giving Also     a Key to the Assumed Names of Writers  and a Supplement

Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time Giving Also a Key to the Assumed Names of Writers and a Supplement written by Francis Samuel DRAKE and published by . This book was released on 1872 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of American Biography  Including Men of the Time

Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography Including Men of the Time written by Francis Samuel Drake and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 1044 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Mrs  Astor s New York

    Book Details:
  • Author : Eric Homberger
  • Publisher : Yale University Press
  • Release : 2004-09-01
  • ISBN : 9780300105155
  • Pages : 350 pages

Download or read book Mrs Astor s New York written by Eric Homberger and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mrs Astor, queen of New York society in the decades before World War I, used her prestige to create a social aristocracy in the city. Mrs Astor's story, told here by Eric Homberger, sheds light on the origins, extravagant lifestyle, and social competitiveness of this aristocracy.

Book Immigrant Life in New York City  1825 1863

Download or read book Immigrant Life in New York City 1825 1863 written by Robert Ernst and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 1994-10-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a historical study of acculturation in New York City. It documents the Americanization of foreign enclaves within the city, showing the effects produced by church, school, foreign-language press and libraries - the methods by which the Democratic Party enlisted the immigrant vote.

Book Catalogue

Download or read book Catalogue written by C.F. Libbie & Co and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Water for Gotham

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gerard T. Koeppel
  • Publisher : Princeton University Press
  • Release : 2021-10-12
  • ISBN : 0691237840
  • Pages : 375 pages

Download or read book Water for Gotham written by Gerard T. Koeppel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Water for Gotham tells the spirited story of New York's evolution as a great city by examining its struggle for that vital and basic element--clean water. Drawing on primary sources, personal narratives, and anecdotes, Gerard Koeppel demonstrates how quickly the shallow wells of Dutch New Amsterdam were overwhelmed, leaving the English and American city beleaguered by filth, epidemics, and fires. This situation changed only when an outside water source was finally secured in 1842--the Croton Aqueduct, a model for urban water supplies in the United States. As the fertile wilderness enjoyed by the first Europeans in Manhattan vanishes and the magnitude of New York's water problem grows, the reader is introduced to the plans of Christopher Colles, builder of the first American steam engine, and of Joseph Browne, the first to call for a mainland water source for this island-city. In this vividly written true-life fable of the "Fools of Gotham," the chief obstacle to the aqueduct is the Manhattan Company. Masterminded by Aaron Burr, with the complicity of Alexander Hamilton and other leading New Yorkers, the company was a ruse, serving as the charter for a bank--today's Chase Manhattan. The cholera epidemic of 1832 and the great fire three years later were instrumental in forcing the city's leaders to finally unite and regain New York's water rights. Koeppel's account of the developments leading up to the Croton Aqueduct reveals it as a triumph not only of inspired technology but of political will. With over forty archival photographs and drawings, Water for Gotham demonstrates the deep interconnections between natural resource management, urban planning, and civic leadership. As New York today retakes its waterfront and boasts famous tap water, this book is a valuable reminder of how much vision and fortitude are required to make a great city function and thrive.

Book Catalogue of the Library

    Book Details:
  • Author : Massachusetts Horticultural Society
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1918
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 380 pages

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library written by Massachusetts Horticultural Society and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society

Download or read book Catalogue of the Library of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society written by Massachusetts Horticultural Society. Library and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Dictionary of American Biography  Etc

Download or read book Dictionary of American Biography Etc written by Francis Samuel Drake and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 1042 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Veilingcatalogus  boeken van S  Alofsen  9 tot 15 juni 1876

Download or read book Veilingcatalogus boeken van S Alofsen 9 tot 15 juni 1876 written by and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: