New York State History (nonfiction)

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Holland on the Hudson: An Economic and Social History of Dutch New York
Holland on the Hudson: An Economic and Social History of Dutch New York 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois
Year of the Hangman: George Washington's Campaign Against the Iroquois 3.78 avg rating — 63 ratings
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Life and Death In Mohawk Country
Life and Death In Mohawk Country 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement
Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement 3.78 avg rating — 359 ratings
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The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America
The Kingdom of Matthias: A Story of Sex and Salvation in 19th-Century America 3.67 avg rating — 924 ratings
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The Shame and the Sorrow: Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New Netherland
The Shame and the Sorrow: Dutch-Amerindian Encounters in New Netherland 3.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
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George Clinton: Master Builder of the Empire State
George Clinton: Master Builder of the Empire State 3.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850, 20th Anniversary Edition
Chants Democratic: New York City and the Rise of the American Working Class, 1788-1850, 20th Anniversary Edition 3.70 avg rating — 244 ratings
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Mohawk Frontier: The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710
Mohawk Frontier: The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710 3.75 avg rating — 16 ratings
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Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires
Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires 4.14 avg rating — 6,318 ratings
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Contact Points: American Frontiers from the Mohawk Valley to the Mississippi, 1750-1830 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American ... and the University of North Carolina Press)
Contact Points: American Frontiers from the Mohawk Valley to the Mississippi, 1750-1830 (Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American ... and the University of North Carolina Press) 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings
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Triangle: The Fire That Changed America
Triangle: The Fire That Changed America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,586 ratings
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Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York
Native New Yorkers: The Legacy of the Algonquin People of New York 3.81 avg rating — 70 ratings
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Old-Time Music Makers of New York State (New York State Series)
Old-Time Music Makers of New York State (New York State Series) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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Explorers, Fortunes and Love Letters: A Window on New Netherland
Explorers, Fortunes and Love Letters: A Window on New Netherland 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings
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The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times
The Trust: The Private and Powerful Family Behind the New York Times 4.04 avg rating — 202 ratings
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Advocating the Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840
Advocating the Man: Masculinity, Organized Labor, and the Household in New York, 1800-1840 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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The Memory of All Ancient Customs: Native American Diplomacy in the Colonial Hudson Valley
The Memory of All Ancient Customs: Native American Diplomacy in the Colonial Hudson Valley really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune
The Paper: The Life and Death of the New York Herald Tribune 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings
120.
Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol
Sojourner Truth: A Life, A Symbol 4.19 avg rating — 1,249 ratings
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A Block in Time: A New York City History at the Corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street
A Block in Time: A New York City History at the Corner of Fifth Avenue and Twenty-Third Street 3.97 avg rating — 95 ratings
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Walt Whitman's America
Walt Whitman's America 4.15 avg rating — 603 ratings
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Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York
Fierce Poise: Helen Frankenthaler and 1950s New York 3.50 avg rating — 533 ratings
124.
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man
Seward: Lincoln's Indispensable Man 4.11 avg rating — 1,134 ratings
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Rogues' Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York
Rogues' Gallery: The Birth of Modern Policing and Organized Crime in Gilded Age New York 3.80 avg rating — 132 ratings
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The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies
The Civil War of 1812: American Citizens, British Subjects, Irish Rebels, & Indian Allies 3.96 avg rating — 1,232 ratings
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Golden Hill
Golden Hill 3.79 avg rating — 14,080 ratings
126.
Buried Beneath the City: An Archaeological History of New York
Buried Beneath the City: An Archaeological History of New York 3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings
129.
Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President
Lincoln at Cooper Union: The Speech That Made Abraham Lincoln President 4.22 avg rating — 947 ratings
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The Great Negro Plot: A Tale of Conspiracy and Murder in Eighteenth-Century New York
The Great Negro Plot: A Tale of Conspiracy and Murder in Eighteenth-Century New York 3.66 avg rating — 79 ratings
129.
They All Sang on the Corner: A Second Look at New York City's Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups
They All Sang on the Corner: A Second Look at New York City's Rhythm and Blues Vocal Groups really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
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The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York
The Murder of Helen Jewett: The Life and Death of a Prostitute in Nineteenth-Century New York 3.72 avg rating — 1,224 ratings
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Adriaen van der Donck: A Dutch Rebel in Seventeenth-Century America
Adriaen van der Donck: A Dutch Rebel in Seventeenth-Century America 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings
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New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time 4.07 avg rating — 1,529 ratings
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Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy
Second Founding: New York City, Reconstruction, and the Making of American Democracy 3.22 avg rating — 27 ratings
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Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System
Subway: The Curiosities, Secrets, and Unofficial History of the New York City Transit System 4.22 avg rating — 207 ratings
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The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age
The Lady of Sing Sing: An American Countess, an Italian Immigrant, and Their Epic Battle for Justice in New York's Gilded Age 3.88 avg rating — 350 ratings
138.
The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862
The Artificial River: The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817-1862 3.43 avg rating — 270 ratings
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Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York
Cheap Amusements: Working Women and Leisure in Turn-of-the-Century New York 3.82 avg rating — 833 ratings
140.
The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution
The Divided Ground: Indians, Settlers, and the Northern Borderland of the American Revolution 3.91 avg rating — 231 ratings
140.
Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York
Presumed Criminal: Black Youth and the Justice System in Postwar New York 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings
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Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I
Harlem's Hell Fighters: The African-American 369th Infantry in World War I 4.22 avg rating — 78 ratings
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The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York
The Most Spectacular Restaurant in the World: The Twin Towers, Windows on the World, and the Rebirth of New York 4.09 avg rating — 516 ratings
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The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865
The Anti-Rent Era in New York Law and Politics, 1839-1865 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York
Damnation Island: Poor, Sick, Mad, and Criminal in 19th-Century New York 3.64 avg rating — 2,834 ratings
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Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924
Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 4.05 avg rating — 253 ratings
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The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation
The Last Pirate of New York: A Ghost Ship, a Killer, and the Birth of a Gangster Nation 3.63 avg rating — 2,777 ratings
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Land and Freedom: Rural Society, Popular Protest, and Party Politics in Antebellum New York
Land and Freedom: Rural Society, Popular Protest, and Party Politics in Antebellum New York 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings
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Wright and New York: The Making of America's Architect
Wright and New York: The Making of America's Architect 3.86 avg rating — 22 ratings
150.
When Harlem Was in Vogue
When Harlem Was in Vogue 3.96 avg rating — 352 ratings
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New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal that Launched the Progressive Era
New York Exposed: The Gilded Age Police Scandal that Launched the Progressive Era 3.46 avg rating — 52 ratings
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Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves
Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves 3.70 avg rating — 23 ratings
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City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920
City of Eros: New York City, Prostitution, and the Commercialization of Sex, 1790-1920 3.93 avg rating — 225 ratings
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Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940
Gay New York: Gender, Urban Culture, and the Making of the Gay Male World 1890-1940 4.27 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
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Dinomania: The Lost Art of Winsor McCay, The Secret Origins o
Dinomania: The Lost Art of Winsor McCay, The Secret Origins o 4.41 avg rating — 17 ratings
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Harvest of Dissent: Agrarianism in Nineteenth-Century New York
Harvest of Dissent: Agrarianism in Nineteenth-Century New York 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings
156.
Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown
Tong Wars: The Untold Story of Vice, Money, and Murder in New York's Chinatown 3.55 avg rating — 258 ratings
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The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization
The Ordeal of the Longhouse: The Peoples of the Iroquois League in the Era of European Colonization 3.96 avg rating — 136 ratings
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One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York
One Righteous Man: Samuel Battle and the Shattering of the Color Line in New York 4.23 avg rating — 83 ratings
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The Politics of Race in New York: The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era
The Politics of Race in New York: The Struggle for Black Suffrage in the Civil War Era 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
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Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet
Wilde Times: Patricia Wilde, George Balanchine, and the Rise of New York City Ballet 3.86 avg rating — 35 ratings
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Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827
Emancipating New York: The Politics of Slavery and Freedom, 1777-1827 3.53 avg rating — 15 ratings
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Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical on the Eve of Revolution
Trotsky in New York, 1917: A Radical on the Eve of Revolution 3.92 avg rating — 233 ratings
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Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877
Jim Crow New York: A Documentary History of Race and Citizenship, 1777-1877 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
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Worker City, Company Town: Iron and Cotton-Worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855-84
Worker City, Company Town: Iron and Cotton-Worker Protest in Troy and Cohoes, New York, 1855-84 3.92 avg rating — 12 ratings
165.
Lichtenstein in New York: A Pop Art Life
Lichtenstein in New York: A Pop Art Life 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War
The New York City Draft Riots: Their Significance for American Society and Politics in the Age of the Civil War 3.47 avg rating — 62 ratings
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The Voice of New Music: New York City, 1972-1982 - A Collection of Articles Originally Published in the Village Voice by Tom Johnson
The Voice of New Music: New York City, 1972-1982 - A Collection of Articles Originally Published in the Village Voice by Tom Johnson 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
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Little Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845-80
Little Germany: Ethnicity, Religion, and Class in New York City, 1845-80 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
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The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat
The New York Times Book of Crime: More Than 166 Years of Covering the Beat 3.87 avg rating — 200 ratings
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Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad
Gateway to Freedom: The Hidden History of the Underground Railroad 3.62 avg rating — 1,329 ratings
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In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863
In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City, 1626-1863 4.11 avg rating — 64 ratings
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The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway
The Race Underground: Boston, New York, and the Incredible Rivalry That Built America’s First Subway
by: Doug Most
3.66 avg rating — 1,665 ratings
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The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York
The Santa Claus Man: The Rise and Fall of a Jazz Age Con Man and the Invention of Christmas in New York 3.78 avg rating — 567 ratings
175.
Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City
Robert Moses: The Master Builder of New York City 3.33 avg rating — 620 ratings
176.
NYPD Green: A Memoir
NYPD Green: A Memoir 3.81 avg rating — 199 ratings
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Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics
Fear City: New York's Fiscal Crisis and the Rise of Austerity Politics 4.21 avg rating — 1,082 ratings
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Lennon: The New York Years
Lennon: The New York Years 3.89 avg rating — 1,580 ratings
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The 1964 New York Comicon: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Book Convention (The 1960s: The Silver Age of Comic Conventions)
The 1964 New York Comicon: The True Story Behind the World's First Comic Book Convention (The 1960s: The Silver Age of Comic Conventions) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
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Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City
Tenements, Towers & Trash: An Unconventional Illustrated History of New York City 4.33 avg rating — 1,437 ratings
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Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul
Vanishing New York: How a Great City Lost Its Soul 4.19 avg rating — 1,310 ratings
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Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919
Greater Gotham: A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919 4.34 avg rating — 361 ratings
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Gaslight Lawyers: Criminal Trials & Exploits in Gilded Age New York
Gaslight Lawyers: Criminal Trials & Exploits in Gilded Age New York 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings
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Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York
Rediscovering Jacob Riis: Exposure Journalism and Photography in Turn-of-the-Century New York 3.53 avg rating — 30 ratings
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The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York
The Bridge: How the Roeblings Connected Brooklyn to New York 3.91 avg rating — 497 ratings
186.
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011
Meet Me in the Bathroom: Rebirth and Rock and Roll in New York City 2001-2011 4.14 avg rating — 12,236 ratings
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The Finest Building in America: The New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858
The Finest Building in America: The New York Crystal Palace, 1853-1858 3.58 avg rating — 38 ratings
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Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles
Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles 4.04 avg rating — 447 ratings
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The Unruly City: London, Paris, and New York in the Age of Revolution
The Unruly City: London, Paris, and New York in the Age of Revolution 3.64 avg rating — 149 ratings
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Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917
Everybody's Doin' It: Sex, Music, and Dance in New York, 1840-1917 3.37 avg rating — 71 ratings
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More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy
More Powerful Than Dynamite: Radicals, Plutocrats, Progressives, and New York's Year of Anarchy 3.87 avg rating — 114 ratings
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The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883
The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
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Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal
Gowanus: Brooklyn's Curious Canal 3.92 avg rating — 153 ratings
194.
Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge
Chief Engineer: Washington Roebling, The Man Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge 3.98 avg rating — 175 ratings
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The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop
The Violin Maker: Finding a Centuries-Old Tradition in a Brooklyn Workshop 4.11 avg rating — 458 ratings
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With Musket & Tomahawk: The West Point-Hudson Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777
With Musket & Tomahawk: The West Point-Hudson Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777 3.59 avg rating — 34 ratings
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Bowery Mission: Grit and Grace on Manhattan’s Oldest Street
Bowery Mission: Grit and Grace on Manhattan’s Oldest Street 4.25 avg rating — 36 ratings
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Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York
Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York 3.90 avg rating — 39 ratings
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Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money, and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan
Power at Ground Zero: Politics, Money, and the Remaking of Lower Manhattan 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings
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Hirschfeld's Harlem: Manhattan's Legendary Artist Illustrates This Legendary City Within a City (Applause Books)
Hirschfeld's Harlem: Manhattan's Legendary Artist Illustrates This Legendary City Within a City (Applause Books) 4.63 avg rating — 19 ratings
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