
By Jeffrey A. Kroessler
ISBN-10: 0585480664
ISBN-13: 9780585480664
ISBN-10: 0814747507
ISBN-13: 9780814747506
ISBN-10: 0814747515
ISBN-13: 9780814747513
Winner, the recent York Public Library, better of Reference Award, 2002 If any urban merits a whole chronology, it truly is without doubt manhattan. long island, 12 months via yr is a cornucopia of the general and the forgotten, the ancient and the ephemeral, the heroic and the banal. during this convenient reference paintings, Jeffrey A. Kroessler takes us from Verrazano's arrival in 1524 into the hot millennium, highlighting the moves and strikeouts, tunnels and towers, personalities and parades which not just made historical past in manhattan, but in addition proved to be defining moments for the state. ny, 12 months via yr positive factors occasions similar to Mark Twain's first lecture at Cooper Union, and the letter he later wrote while the Brooklyn Public Library attempted to limit entry to Huckleberry Finn. against this, we're reminded of the book within the Fifties of Eloise, A publication for Precocious Grown-Ups, Kay Thompson's fanciful story of a bit girl's adventures within the Plaza lodge, the looks of the Beat iteration, and the flight (literally) of the Dodgers and Giants to California. manhattan, 12 months by means of 12 months chronicles the outlet of Shea Stadium in April 1964 and the functionality through the Beatles there that August. The Sixties additionally observed the hole of The Fantastiks, that's nonetheless operating on Sullivan road, and the remaining of Steeplechase, the final of the good enjoyment parks at Coney Island. And this chronology makes certain we do not omit while Kitty Genovese was once murdered in Kew Gardens and her cries for support have been left unanswered simply because her acquaintances "didn't are looking to get involved." Kroessler leads us on a journey of town from its first settlers until eventually the November 2001 election of a brand new mayor for the hot millennium. From the colonial period and the Revolution during the Gilded Age and the Roaring Twenties, Kroessler has compiled a checklist of cultural, monetary, political, and social occasions. a few are of temporary value, others of lasting importance, yet all remove darkness from the city's interesting historical past.