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A review by va87
Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace
2.0
Like a Midtown skyscraper, this is an astounding achievement. Also like a Midtown skyscraper, I'm going to basically avoid being around it, admiringly look at it from a distance, and tell people I've been to it if they care enough to ask.
No, I don't read history very often. I was glad to hear, however, for the 70th time that New York City's economy was improving/declining after [event], which helps to contextualize some quirky occurrence that probably includes a bawdy woman or sailor. Approachably written, brimming with modern sensibility, and inevitably the same six or seven damned things one after the other, which is plain if you read more than one chapter in one sitting. After a whole year and a move to the city, I had to surrender circa 1840.
No, I don't read history very often. I was glad to hear, however, for the 70th time that New York City's economy was improving/declining after [event], which helps to contextualize some quirky occurrence that probably includes a bawdy woman or sailor. Approachably written, brimming with modern sensibility, and inevitably the same six or seven damned things one after the other, which is plain if you read more than one chapter in one sitting. After a whole year and a move to the city, I had to surrender circa 1840.