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Epic of New York City: A Narrative History Paperback - 2004

by Edward Robb Ellis

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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.

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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

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WHITE men saw Manhattan for the first time in April, 1524.

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  • Title Epic of New York City: A Narrative History
  • Author Edward Robb Ellis
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reprint
  • Pages 640
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York, New York, U.s.a.
  • Publication date 2004-12-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780786714360 / 0786714360
  • Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.5 x 1.8 in (20.83 x 13.97 x 4.57 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Mid-Atlantic
    • Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
    • Demographic Orientation: Urban
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
  • Category History - U.S.
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 97025483
  • Dewey Decimal Code 974.71

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  • Ingram Advance, 01/01/2005, Page 83
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2005, Page 126

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Edward Robb Ellis is the author of A Nation in Torment, Echoes of Distant Thunder, A Nation in Torment, and, most notably, the monumental A Diary of the Century, which the Chicago Tribune calls a "jewel of Americana." At roughly twenty-one million words, it has been named by the Guinness Book of World Records the largest diary ever written, and by numerous critics, the greatest ever published.
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