Gotham
by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Wallace · first published 1998
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This is the very first topic covered in, well, Gotham. If you're interested in the history of New York City, it's a great book. I say that even though I'm still currently reading it, and probably will be for some time to come. It's about 1,400 pages in print…
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on “Annual survey of book recommendations” ↗…reading/am planning to read: * The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York (Robert Caro) * Options Volatility & Pricing: Advanced Trading Strategies and Techniques (Sheldon Natenberg) * Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (Edwin Burrows & Mike Wallace) * Egil's Saga (anonymous) * Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino) If you have any interest in the history of New York City at all, or if…
on “Ask YC (and PG): What books do you have on your bookshelf? ” ↗