New York (N.Y.) - History - 1898-1951
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A Beautiful Poison
$14.95 Read moreJust beyond the Gilded Age, in the mist-covered streets of New York, the deadly Spanish influenza ripples through the city. But with so many victims in her close circle, young socialite Allene questio
- Author: Kang, Lydia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 350
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1477848878
- Language: English
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
$56.00 Add to cartIn this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers’ Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repre… [more below]
- Series: History of NYC
- Author: Wallace, Mike
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1196
- Publish Date: October 02 2017
- ISBN10: 0195116356
- Language: English
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
$20.00 Add to cart“Sure to become the definitive account of the fire. . . . Triangle is social history at its best, a magnificent portrayal not only of the catastrophe but also of the time and the turbulent city in whi… [more below]
- Author: Drehle, David Von
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 340
- Publish Date: August 16, 2004
- ISBN10: 080214151X
- Language: English
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The Jazz Club Spy
$17.99 Read moreFrom the author of the “riveting” (Chicago Tribune) The Midwife of Venice, a fresh and sweeping historical novel following a Jewish woman attempting to bring justice to her family on the eve of World … [more below]
- Author: Rich, Roberta
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: December 05 2023
- ISBN10: 1982191317
- Language: English
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A Grand Idea: How William J. Wilgus Created Grand Central Terminal
$19.99 Add to cartWritten by award-winning author Megan Hoyt, this thoughtful STEM picture book biography about the brilliant architect of Grand Central Terminal is a celebration of resilience in the face of adversity,
- Author: Hoyt, Megan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: 23-Jan-24
- ISBN10: 006306474X
- Language: English
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Uprising
$13.99 Add to cartThe fire at the Triangle Waist Company in New York City, which claimed the lives of 146 young immigrant workers, is one of the worst disasters since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, and the
- Author: Haddix, Margaret Peterson
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: January 18, 2011
- ISBN10: 1416911723
- Language: English
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The Bishop and the Butterfly: Murder, Politics, and the End of the Jazz Age
$28.99 Add to cart“The 1931 murder of ‘Broadway Butterfly’ Vivian Gordon exposed an explosive story of graft, corruption and entrapment that went all the way to the top of the state. Wolraich brings a journalist’s eye … [more below]
- Author: Wolraich, Michael
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: 6-Feb-24
- ISBN10: 1454948027
- Language: English
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The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
$28.00 Add to cartPULITZER PRIZE WINNER – A modern American classic, this huge and galvanizing biography of Robert Moses reveals not only the saga of one man’s incredible accumulation of power but the story of his shap… [more below]
- Author: Caro, Robert A.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1344
- Publish Date: July 12 1975
- ISBN10: 0394720245
- Language: English
