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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0143113240
ISBN-13
9780143113249
eBay Product ID (ePID)
62262522
Product Key Features
Book Title
Conquering Gotham : Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels
Number of Pages
384 Pages
Language
English
Topic
History / Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945), Railroads / General, United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), United States / 19th Century, Railroads / History, United States / Northeast / Middle Atlantic (NJ, NY, Pa)
Publication Year
2008
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Yes
Genre
Travel, Transportation, Architecture, History
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
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Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
12.9 Oz
Item Length
8.4 in
Item Width
5.5 in
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22
Reviews
A human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nations greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the worlds largest train station. Sam Roberts, "The New York Times" Lush and lovely prose. "The Baltimore Sun" In the tradition of David McCulloughs narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure. "Kirkus Reviews" (starred review), A human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nation’s greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the world’s largest train station.” —Sam Roberts, The New York Times Lush and lovely prose.” —The Baltimore Sun In the tradition of David McCullough’s narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure.” —Kirkus Reviews(starred review), aA human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nationas greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the worldas largest train station.a aSam Roberts, "The New York Times" aLush and lovely prose.a a"The Baltimore Sun" aIn the tradition of David McCulloughas narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure.a a"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review), "A human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nation''s greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the world''s largest train station." -Sam Roberts, The New York Times "Lush and lovely prose." - The Baltimore Sun "In the tradition of David McCullough''s narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review), Praise for Conquering Gotham "In the tradition of David McCullough's narratives of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Panama Canal . . . Intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) "Superb . . . [A] first-rate narrative." --The Wall Street Journal "A readable and human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nation's greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the world's greatest train station." --The New York Times "Impeccably researched and ravishingly detailed . . . delightful popular history." --San Francisco Chronicle "Lush and lovely prose." --The Baltimore Sun " Conquering Gotham is a well-written and well-researched account of an astoundingly ambitious undertaking. Ms. Jonnes skillfully weaves together the multifarious aspects of the project, from the technical complexities and political wrangling to the personalities of Cassatt and McKim." --New York Observer "What's clear from her riveting story is that it was every bit as hard to build great projects then as now--perhaps even harder." --New York Post "New York City's Pennsylvania Station's sweeping story, involving engineering challenges, an inflexibly honest corporation leader, flexibly corrupt politicians, and street-level sociology, comes together marvelously in Jonnes' admiring history of the undertaking." --Booklist, "A human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nation's greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the world's largest train station." -Sam Roberts, The New York Times "Lush and lovely prose." - The Baltimore Sun "In the tradition of David McCullough's narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review), "A human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nation's greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the world's largest train station." -Sam Roberts, The New York Times "Lush and lovely prose." -The Baltimore Sun "In the tradition of David McCullough's narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure." -Kirkus Reviews(starred review), "A human account of how a few visionaries from the Pennsylvania Railroad connected the rest of the country to the nation's greatest port, and how their Philadelphia-centric perspective doomed the world's largest train station." -Sam Roberts, "The New York Times" "Lush and lovely prose." -"The Baltimore Sun" "In the tradition of David McCullough's narrative of the Brooklyn Bridge . . . intelligent history about building an indispensable part of our infrastructure." -"Kirkus Reviews" (starred review)
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
385.3/14097471
Grade To
UP
Synopsis
In this gripping narrative, Jonnes tells the fascinating story of the struggle to connect New York City to the rest of the nation and the high-stakes drama that pitted the money and will of the nation's mightiest railroad against the machinations of labor agitators., "Superb. A] first-rate narrative" ( The Wall Street Journal ) about the controversial construction of New York's beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and Urban Forests As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York. Conquering Gotham will be featured in an upcoming episdoe of PBS's American Experience., aSuperb. [A] first-rate narrativea ("The Wall Street Journal" ) about the controversial construction of New Yorkas beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels\ As bestselling books like Ron Chernowas "Titan" and David McCulloughas "The Great Bridge" affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. "Conquering Gotham" re-creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York., "Superb. [A] first-rate narrative" ( The Wall Street Journal ) about the controversial construction of New York's beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of Eiffel's Tower and Urban Forests As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's Titan and David McCullough's The Great Bridge affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. Conquering Gotham re- creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York. Conquering Gotham will be featured in an upcoming episdoe of PBS's American Experience.
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