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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (The History of New York City) (Updated Edition) by Edwin G. Burrows, Mike Burrows Wallace Paperback, 1,424 Pages, Published 2000 ISBN-10: 0-19-514049-4 / 0195140494 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-514049-1 / 9780195140491 To European explorers, it was Eden, a paradise of waist-high grasses, towering stands of walnut, maple, chestnut, and oak, and forests that teemed with bears, wolves, raccoons, beavers, otters, and foxes. Today, it is the site of Broadway and Wall Street, the Empire State Building and the Statue of |