Hell Gate: A Nexus of New York City's East River

by Michael Nichols

Part history and part memoir, Hell Gate tells of a man's excursions along and through Hell Gate, a narrow stretch of water in New York City's East River, notorious for dangerous currents, shipwrecks, and its melancholic islands and rocks. Drawn to the area by his fascination with its name--from the Dutch Hellegat, translated into English as both "bright passage" and "hellhole"--what begins as a set of casual walks for Michael Nichols...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1438471408
• ISBN13: 9781438471402
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Excelsior Editions/State University of New Yo
• Length: 162 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"