The epic of New York City
By: Edward Robb Ellis ; drawings by Jeanyee Wong.
Publisher: Coward-McCann
Published: 1966
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 640
Subjects: New York (N.Y.) -- History.
Description: In narrative form, this book attempts to trace the evolution of New York City and reveal its organic relationship to the rest of the United States and all the world. Spans the 400 years of its development from the wooded, hilly island that Giovanni da Verrazano called "a pleasant place" in 1524, to the vast, vital metropolis of today.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 600-618.
Includes index.