The New York and New England Railroad, Paperback - Gregg M. Turner

Reducere. Railroads were the first big business enterprises of America and made possible many other industries. They knitted our expansive nation together an...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Julia H. LeeIllustration(s): 11 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 304Publication date: 2022Dimension...

Reducere. Because of its clandestine nature, much of the history of the Underground Railroad remains shrouded in secrecy--so much so that some historians hav...

Reducere. The authors scoured New England and New York in search of orchids. The result is this handy book that makes field identification a snap. Learn abou...

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Reducere. Forages through New England's most famous foods for the truth behind the region's culinary myths Meg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: Whe...

Reducere. DescriptionA fascinating history of a contested frontier, where struggles over landownership brought Native Americans and English colonists togethe...

In the 1920s, a tremendous land boom gripped Florida, and waves of people descended upon the Sunshine State. Between just 1923and 1925 an estimated...

East Coast surf culture from Montauk to Rockaway Beach and Cape MayUnbeknownst to many who live there and to the throngs of tourists who stop by ea...

A delicious detective story set in 1930s New York, and the winner of the inaugural Virago/The Pool New Crime Writer Award.Publisher: Little, Brown ...

You see someone smoking a cigarette and say, "Smoking is bad for your health, " when what you mean is, "You are a bad person because you smoke." Yo...

Reducere. Thirty years in the making, this genealogy is best described as a reference work on the VanDerveer family. The author's father could never trace hi...

Contributor(s): Author: Erika GasserStories of witchcraft and demonic possession from early modern England through the last official trials in colo...

Reducere. DescriptionDavid Ruggles (1810-1849) was one of the most heroic--and has been one of the most often overlooked--figures of the early abolitionist m...

*Includes pictures *Includes temporary accounts of Grand Central's history and construction *Includes a bibliography for further reading *Includes ...

Publisher: The New York Review of Books, IncAuthor(s): Nachoem M. WijnbergTranslator: David ColmerNumber of pages: 180Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. "There are eight million stories in the Naked City." This famous line from the 1948 film The Naked City has become an emblem of New York City itsel...

A delicious detective story set in 1930s New York, and the winner of the inaugural Virago/The Pool New Crime Writer Award.

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This book explores the uncanny, traumatic weaving together of the living and the dead in art, and the morbid fascination it holds for modern philos...

Reducere. Originally published in 1921, this historical novel is set in 1783 at a time when British soldiers were still in control of New York City. It is a ...

Novelist and traveller Jeremy Page takes a walk through the Lincolnshire fens and along the Norfolk coast, in search of something within himself, a...

Reducere. DescriptionThe history of theater in New York is captured in the images of the Billy Rose Theatre Division of the New York Public Library for the P...

Reducere. The New York Times large Sunday crosswords are designed for a long, lazy day. So get comfortable, get set, and get solving with this fun compilatio...

Reducere. DescriptionIn offering here a highly readable yet comprehensive description of New England's Indians as they lived when European settlers first met...

An unforgettable encounterPublisher: HarperCollins PublishersAuthor(s): Lucy RyderNumber of pages: 560Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 109 x 171 x...

DescriptionRepublication on the twenty-fifth anniversary of "Pretends to Be Free" recognizes the signal importance of its sterling presentation of ...

From the dawn of cinema to the present, New York City has been the site of endless unforgettable movie moments. Turner Classic Movies Cinematic Cit...

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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE meets GET OUT and THE STEPFORD WIVES in the spectacular new novel from the New York Times bestselling authorPublisher: Litt...

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Reducere. Are you a puzzle genius? You are if you enjoy cracking the New York Times Sunday crossword puzzle. This book features: * 75 Sunday puzzles * Perfec...

In the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, municipallaws targeting "unsightly beggars" sprang up in cities across America. Seeming to cr...