Brooklyn: Historically Speaking

by John B. Manbeck and Professor John B Manbeck

Book Overview

From America's first suburb to its favorite borough, Brooklyn is by all accounts matchless. Taking readers away from the film sets and off the tour buses, borough historian John Manbeck reveals the communities that have defined its diverse neighborhoods, from the early Dutch settlers to today's colonizing hipsters. Through urbanism and war, depression and gentrification, Manbeck's columns, first printed in the Brooklyn Eagle and now collected here,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1596295007
• ISBN13: 9781596295001
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"