Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and fo…

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