Conquering Gotham : Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels

English

ISBN: 0143113240

EAN: 9780143113249

Category: History / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)/Travel / United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, PA)/Transportation / Railroads / History/Transportation / Railroads / General/

Publisher: Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated

Release Date: 06/15/2011

Age Range: 18-UP

Synopsis: Superb. [A] first-rate narrative? (The Wall Street Journal) about the controversial construction of New York?s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels As bestselling books like Ron Chernow?s Titanand David McCullough?s The Great Bridgeaffirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gothamre-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.

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Conquering Gotham : Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels

Illustrated: Yes

Format: UK-B Format Paperback

Height: 0.86 inches

Width: 5.62 inches

Length: 8.58 inches

Weight: 12.84 oz

Pages: 384