Presents a variety of unusual facts and trivia about New York City's settlers, social life, architecture, politicians, laws, and sporting events

Book of New York Firsts

History

Moscow, Henry

Americas

Macmillan Pub. Co.

This volume is a survey of firsts in New York City.

The book of New York firsts

Collier/Macmillan

Russia Under the Czars

Children's Books

Amer Heritage Pub Co

Everything you wanted to know about the unusual, arcane, and fascinating in the life of New York City. The term "only in New York" takes on new meaning in page after page of this intriguing survey of firsts in one of the world's greatest cities―from extraordinary people to ghosts and graves, from troubles and aspirations to crimes and disasters. For six years, the City had a governor who dressed in his wife's clothes and paraded along Broadway until his soldiers dragged him home. The City's first subway, dug in secret under Broadway in 1870, had elegant cars propelled by wind from a big fan. The City's first settlers were not Dutchmen, but French-speaking Protestant Belgians in 1624 who were followed by African Blacks in 1625. The first City Hall had a tavern on the premises to quench the thirst of City Fathers with beer and schnapps. The City's first bagel was produced in Clinton Street in 1896, but its ancestors date back to fourteenth-century German boar hunts.

The Book of New York Firsts: Unusual, Arcane, and Fascinating Facts in the Life of New York City (New York State Series)

Syracuse University Press

The street book: An encyclopedia of Manhattan's street names and their origins

The Street Book contains brief biographical sketches for more than one hundred of Manhattan’s well- and lesser-known streets. With photographs, period drawings, and reproductions of old newspapers, The Street Book is a visual treat as well. The detailed topographical maps of Manhattan provide an easy reference for locating streets, and even make it possible to use The Street Book as a walking guide.

The Street Book: An Encyclopedia of Manhattan's Street Names and Their Origins

Fordham University Press

The Street Book contains brief biographical sketches for more than one hundred of Manhattan’s well- and lesser-known streets. With photographs, period drawings, and reproductions of old newspapers, The Street Book is a visual treat as well. The detailed topographical maps of Manhattan provide an easy reference for locating streets, and even make it possible to use The Street Book as a walking guide.

Hagstrom Co

Discusses modern domestic animals including cattle, cats, dogs, and horses and describes the social and biological circumstances which led their ancestors to first become involved with man

Domestic Descendants: Based on the Television Series Wild, Wild World of Animals

Silver Burdett Pr

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