Writing New York
Subtitle: A Literary Anthology
Publisher: Library of America
Published: January 31, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 1050
ISBN-13: 9781598530216
Subjects: Essays; History / Essays; History; History: World
First sentence: THE ISLAND of Manna-hata, Manhattoes, or as it is vulgarly called Manhattan, having been discovered, as was related in the last chapter; and being unanimously pronounced by the discoverers, the fairest spot in the known world, whereon to build a city, that should surpass all the emporiums of Europe, they immediately returned to Communipaw with the pleasing intelligence.