By Peter Salwen
Published By Abbeville Press Publishers
Year Published 1989
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book is both a biography and an architectural history of a city within a city spiced with lively anecdotes. The author tells the whole story from the colonial merchants whose mansions commanded views of the Hudson river to the notable residents who lived there. Some of them were Generals William T. Sherman and U.S.Grant, Flo Zeigfeld, Humphrey Bogart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arturo Toscanini, Woody Allen, Madonna, Babe Ruth, Leonard Bernstein , and John Lennon
Notes - This is a signed copy. The book is well worn and read, the pages are worn on edges. This book is sold AS IS.
By Peter Salwen
Published By Abbeville Press Publishers
Year Published 1989
Book Format - Soft cover
Summary
This book is both a biography and an architectural history of a city within a city spiced with lively anecdotes. The author tells the whole story from the colonial merchants whose mansions commanded views of the Hudson river to the notable residents who lived there. Some of them were Generals William T. Sherman and U.S.Grant, Flo Zeigfeld, Humphrey Bogart, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arturo Toscanini, Woody Allen, Madonna, Babe Ruth, Leonard Bernstein , and John Lennon
Notes - This is a signed copy. The book is well worn and read, the pages are worn on edges. This book is sold AS IS.
