Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898.

BURROWS, Edwin G. and Mike Wallace.

$600.00

Item Number: 145822

New York: Oxford University Press, 1999.

First edition of this vast and varied epic of New York’s past. Super octavo, original half cloth, illustrated with black-and-white images. Boldly signed by Mike Wallace on the title page. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Kathleen M. Lynch. Jacket illustration hand-coloring by Cathy Saksa. Authors photograph by Bruce Davidson.

After twenty years of collaboration, co-authors Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace produced 'Gotham,' the first volume in the definitive history of New York City, from the earliest Indian peoples to the founding of Greater New York in 1898. Filled with hundreds of animated mini-biographies about the residents of a booming city, this book makes for an absorbing narrative that captures the essence of New York's richly diverse history. "If you thought you knew something about the city of New York, think again. 'Gotham' is a page-turner, a fascinating, dramatic and compelling tale of the world's greatest city. You will not walk its streets again without calling to mind the stories that make New York what it is today. The authors have given us a history as real and palpable as if the events just occurred. It is a stunning work" (Jane Alexander).