New York by Sunlight and Gaslight - A Work Descriptive of the Great American Metropolis (Hardcover)

This classic 1882 work is a valentine to the Big Apple... from the time before it earned that moniker. With the affectionate touch that only a New Yorker by choice can muster, journalist James Dabney McCabe, a native of Virginia, explores the history of the metropolis, strangers in New York, the secret of the citys capacity for generating wealth, a tour of busy New York harbor, thoughts on Boss Tweed, Broadway theaters of the day, the various classes of society, the citys famous parks and avenues, Wall Street, Christmas in New York (famous even then), the NYPD and prisons, the tenements, and much, much more, includingperhaps most intriguing, in retrospectwhat New York will be fifty years hence (or by 1932). Chock full of beautifully observed details about the sights, people, and culture of the great American city, this guidebook, an artifact of a city lost in time, will enthrall readers of travel literature and lovers of New Yorkof any era. American writer JAMES DABNEY McCABE (18421883) is also the author of Paris by Gaslight, Pathways of the Holy Land, and Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made.

General

Imprint:	Cosimo Classics
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	James Dabney McCabe
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 43mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Sewn / Cloth over boards / With dust jacket
Pages:	700
ISBN-13:	978-1-60520-298-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > History > American history > General
LSN:	1-60520-298-3
Barcode:	9781605202983

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