Manhattan Phoenix: The Great Fire of 1835 and the Emergence of Modern New York

by Daniel S Levy and Daniel S. Levy

Book Overview

Shows vividly how the Great Fire of 1835, which nearly leveled Manhattan also created the ashes from which the city was reborn.

On a freezing December night almost two centuries ago, a fire erupted in lower Manhattan. The city's inhabitants, though accustomed to blazes in a town with so many wooden structures, a spotty water supply, and a decentralized fire department, looked on in horror at the scale of this one. Philip Hone,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195382374
• ISBN13: 9780195382372
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"