Old New York for Young New Yorkers by Caroline D. Emerson

Old New York for Young New Yorkers
Caroline D. Emerson
New York: E.P. Dutton & Co.
Copyright 1932
Fourth printing May 1937
311 pages
Illustrated by Alida Conover

The binding is in acceptable condition. The pages are tanned and foxed and have some brown age spots, one page has a four inch tear. A name in pencil is written on the front end paper. The cover is edge worn, stained and the spine is very faded. Fair. Hardcover.

Chapters: Four Hundred Years Ago, The Ceremonial Dance and Hunt, Strange Happenings in 1609, A River or a Strait, The Fur Traders, The First Settlers, The Dutch Buy Manhattan, Trouble with the Indians, The Council of Peace, Peter Stuyvesant, The City of New Amsterdam, The Year 1664, The Post to Boston, Stirring Times, The Sad Fate of Jacob Leisler, Smugglers and Pirates, The Zenger Trial in 1735, Wars and Stamps, More Trouble and More Taxes, The Declaration of Independence, The Revolutionary War, The Fall of Fort Washington, Washington's Return, The First President, New York in Washington's Day, The Death of Hamilton, A Monster Breathing Smoke and Flame, The Erie Canal, New Ways and New Laws, Croton Water, The Telegraph and Cable, Immigrants, The Vertical Screw Railway, The Civil War, Brooklyn Bridge, New York Harbor, Greater New York.

Also contains: A Word to Adults, Suggested Trips, Reading Suggestions and Index  (#000088)