Conquering Gotham : A Gilded Age Epic - The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
by Jonnes, Jill
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- Used - Good
- ISBN 10
- 0670031585
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031580
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Synopsis
"Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" ( The Wall Street Journal ) about the controversial construction of New York's beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels \ As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York.
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- Bookseller
- Better World Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4651350-6
- Title
- Conquering Gotham : A Gilded Age Epic - The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
- Author
- Jonnes, Jill
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0670031585
- ISBN 13
- 9780670031580
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- April 19, 2007
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