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

by Henry Moscow

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815603088
• ISBN13: 9780815603085
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 9.3"