Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic

The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels

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Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic

The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels

Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, describing how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption and the forces of nature to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

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Publisher
Viking Adult
Language
English
Pages
368

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Cover of: Conquering Gotham
Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels
March 25, 2008, Penguin (Non-Classics)
Paperback in English
Cover of: Conquering Gotham
Conquering Gotham
2008, Penguin Group USA, Inc.
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic
Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
April 19, 2007, Viking Adult
Hardcover in English
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Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
May 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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Cover of: Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic
Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
May 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and Its Tunnels
April 1, 2007, Tantor Media
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Classifications

Library of Congress
TF302.N7 J66 2007, TF302.N7J66 2006

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Number of pages
368
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.2 x 1.5 inches
Weight
15.2 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7641198M
ISBN 10
0670031585
ISBN 13
9780670031580
LCCN
2006050171
OCLC/WorldCat
71266589
Library Thing
2939898
Goodreads
556371

Work Description

"Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" (The Wall Street Journal ) about the controversial construction of New York's beloved original Penn Station and its tunnelsAs bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re-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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