James Nevius: 2 books
Footprints in New York
Tracing the Lives of Four Centuries of New Yorkers
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2014
NYC tour guides and authors James and Michelle Nevius explore the lives of 20 iconic New Yorkers—from Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant to Alexander Hamilton, park architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux to JP Morgan and John D. Rockefeller, Jr.—and use them to guide the reader through...
Inside the Apple
A Streetwise History of New York City
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2009
How much do you actually know about New York City? Did you know they tried to anchor Zeppelins at the top of the Empire State Building? Or that the high-rent district of Park Avenue was once so dangerous it was called "Death Avenue"? Lively and comprehensive, Inside the Apple brings to life New York's...