Brooklyn Heights: The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb

by Robert Furman

Settled in the 1600s, Brooklyn Heights is one of New York's most historic neighborhoods. Its strategic location overlooking the harbor proved instrumental during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn. In the 1830s, steam ferries transformed it into America's first suburb, where abolitionism flourished and one of the largest Civil War Sanitary Fairs was held. Throughout the nineteenth century, wealthy philanthropists and entrepreneurs built high-styled...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162619954X
• ISBN13: 9781626199545
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"