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This book is in good condition. There is severe wear on the front, back, edges, and spine of the cover boards. There are many spots and tears on the outside cover boards and spine. There are two black marks on the inside cover boards. The pages are yellowing and tanning, but are otherwise unmarked except for the dating on the first page. "On the elongated island of Manhattan, in the Hudson River, the largest city in North America had sprung up, already inhabited by half a million people. Like an immense hippopotamus resting immobile in his element, Manhattan sprawled in the water, at the mouth of the Hudson. The hippopotamus turned his head toward the Atlantic, and the back of his enormous snout lay the piers of the East River, where ships with immigrants from the Old World tied up...." - Chapter One from Unto A Good Land