"Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" (The Wall Street Journal) about
the controversial construction of New York's beloved original Penn
Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and
Urban Forests As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and
David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated
with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at
the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates
the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to
build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would
connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail.
Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling
plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with
the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York. Conquering Gotham
will be featured in an upcoming episdoe of PBS's American
Experience.
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