Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York
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Shows vividly how the Great Fire of 1835, which nearly leveled Manhattan also created the ashes from which the city was reborn. On a freezing December night almost two centuries ago, a fire erupted in lower Manhattan. The city's inhabitants, though accustomed to blazes in a town with so many wooden structures, a spotty water supply, and a decentralized fire department, looked on in horror at the scale of this one. Philip Hone,...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195382374
ISBN13:9780195382372
Release Date:February 2022
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:480 Pages
Weight:1.85 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"
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