| The Epic of New York City: A Narrative History Contributor(s): Ellis, Edward Robb (Author) |
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ISBN: 0786714360 ISBN-13: 9780786714360 Publisher: Basic Books OUR PRICE: $28.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2004 Annotation: In swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorough and thoroughly readable history of America's largest metropolis. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - History | Revolutionary - Political Science | History & Theory - General |
| Dewey: 974.71 |
| LCCN: 97025483 |
| Physical Information: 1.8" H x 5.5" W x 8.2" (1.40 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Cultural Region - Northeast U.S. - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In swift, witty chapters that flawlessly capture the pace and character of New York City, acclaimed diarist Edward Robb Ellis presents his masterpiece: a thorough, and thoroughly readable, history of America's largest metropolis. Ellis narrates some of the most significant events of the past three hundred years and more -- the Revolutionary and Civil Wars, Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr's fatal duel, the formation of the League of Nations, the Great Depression -- from the perspective of the city that experienced, and influenced, them all. Throughout, he infuses his account with the strange and delightful anecdotes that a less charming tour guide might omit, from the story of the city's first, block-long subway to that of the blizzard of 1888 that turned Macy's into one big slumber party. Playful yet authoritative, comprehensive yet intimate, The Epic of New York City confirms the words of its own epigraph, spoken by Oswald Spengler: World history is city history, particularly when that city is the Big Apple |