The East River
Greater Astoria Historical Society, Erik Baard, Thomas Jackson$21.24
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The East River captures the history of New York's premier waterway. The river, a Native American life source, spawned communities from Brooklyn to Harlem.
Its shipyards and docks projected American enterprise around the world. The waterfront, an industrial and commercial dynamo, forged a continent. The dreams of immigrants who arrived and lived on its banks created this nation. The river's strong currents guarded prisons and hospital quarantines while keeping secret legends of gold on its bottom. The sinews of a great city are knitted by more than a score of its tunnels and bridges. Today, a renaissance draws people to this river, the heart of New York.
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Published: 07/13/2005
ISBN: 9780738537870
Pages: 128
Weight: 0.66lbs
Size: 9.22h x 6.48w x 0.34d