The Bowery: A History of Grit, Graft and Grandeur

by Eric Ferrara

Book Overview

Travel down the Bowery with New York City author and researcher Eric Ferrara, as he explores its rich, fascinating, and at times, troubling past.

Originally a Lenape trail running the length of Manhattan Island, The Bowery has become one of the most notorious thoroughfares in America. Developed in stages by the Dutch, the British, and then Americans, this stretch of street has continually risen from its own ashes, interminably...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609491785
• ISBN13: 9781609491789
• Release Date: February 2011
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"