Washington Mews Books/Nyu Press
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By: Tichi, Cecelia
Gilded Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Golden Age
$21.00HardcoverAdd to cartA delightful romp through America’s Golden Age of Cocktails
The decades following the American Civil War burst with invention–they saw the dawn of the telephone, the motor car, electric lights, the a- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 04 2021
- ISBN10: 1479805254
- Language: English
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The Great Miscalculation: The Race to Save New York City’s Citicorp Tower
$27.95HardcoverAdd to cartHow an engineering crisis threatened a career, a building, and the lives of countless New Yorkers
The Citicorp Center, a fifty-nine-story skyscraper built in 1977, immediately became one of the most r- Author: Greenburg, Michael M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 264
- Publish Date: June 03 2025
- ISBN10: 1479829978
- Language: English
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By: Tichi, Cecelia
What Would Mrs. Astor Do?: The Essential Guide to the Manners and Mores of the Gilded Age
$30.00HardcoverRead moreA richly illustrated romp with America’s Gilded Age leisure class–and those angling to join it
Mark Twain called it the Gilded Age. Between 1870 and 1900, the United States’ population doubled, acco- Series: Washington Mews Books
- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1479826855
- Language: English
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Brooklynites: The Remarkable Story of the Free Black Communities That Shaped a Borough
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartMeet the Black Brooklynites who defined New York City’s most populous borough through their search for social justice
Before it was a borough, Brooklyn was our nation’s third largest city. Its free Bl- Author: Kanakamedala, Prithi
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: September 24 2024
- ISBN10: 1479833096
- Language: English
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By: Tichi, Cecelia
Jazz Age Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Roaring Twenties
$21.00HardcoverAdd to cartHow the Prohibition law of 1920 made alcohol, savored in secret, all the more delectable when the cocktail shaker was forced to go “underground”
“Roaring Twenties” America boasted famous firsts: women- Series: Washington Mews Books
- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1479810126
- Language: English
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By: Muckenhoupt, Meg
The Truth about Baked Beans: An Edible History of New England
$34.00HardcoverAdd to cartForages through New England’s most famous foods for the truth behind the region’s culinary myths
Meg Muckenhoupt begins with a simple question: When did Bostonians start making Boston Baked Beans? Sto- Series: Washington Mews Books
- Author: Muckenhoupt, Meg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: August 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1479882763
- Language: English
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By: Tichi, Cecelia
Midcentury Cocktails: History, Lore, and Recipes from America’s Atomic Age
$21.00HardcoverRead moreA delightful history of cocktails from the era of new interstate highways, sprouting suburbs, and atomic engineering
America at midcentury was a nation on the move, taking to wings and wheels along th- Author: Tichi, Cecelia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: November 01 2022
- ISBN10: 1479816655
- Language: English
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By: Moses, Paul
The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia
$53.33HardcoverAdd to cartThe unknown inside story of the NYPD’s Italian-born detectives who fought both powerful gangsters and the deeply ingrained prejudice against their own beloved immigrant community
The story begins in S- Author: Moses, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: June 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1479814199
- Language: English
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Marty Glickman: The Life of an American Jewish Sports Legend
$30.00HardcoverAdd to cartThe first comprehensive biography of the preeminent voice of New York sports
For close to half a century after World War II, Marty Glickman was the voice of New York sports. His distinctive style of b- Author: Gurock, Jeffrey S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 1479820873
- Language: English







