Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places

✍ Scribed by Rowland, Tim

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Year: 2016
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Selling the public on a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge -- A humble printer establishes freedom of the press -- Botched abortion, botched justice -- The US Mail underfoot -- The grand slave conspiracy that wasn't -- Mark Twain takes New York by storm and spirit -- The rise and fall of Little Germany -- New York's cross-dressing governor -- A deadly battle of shakespearian actors -- A lake gets its revenge on Manhattan -- Woodlawn Cemetery's celebrated clientele -- A building and a food fight for the ages -- New York's new insane class, and the woman who fought for them -- New York declares war on pigs -- A floating city of liquor.

✦ Table of Contents

Selling the public on a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge --
A humble printer establishes freedom of the press --
Botched abortion, botched justice --
The US Mail underfoot --
The grand slave conspiracy that wasn't --
Mark Twain takes New York by storm and spirit --
The rise and fall of Little Germany --
New York's cross-dressing governor --
A deadly battle of shakespearian actors --
A lake gets its revenge on Manhattan --
Woodlawn Cemetery's celebrated clientele --
A building and a food fight for the ages --
New York's new insane class, and the woman who fought for them --
New York declares war on pigs --
A floating city of liquor.

✦ Subjects

Biography;Biographies;History;Anecdotes;New York (N.Y.) -- History -- Anecdotes;New York (N.Y.) -- Biography -- Anecdotes;New York (State) -- New York

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