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1869 New York 1ed Great Metropolis City Crime Gambling Chinese Witches Gangs
1869 New York 1ed Great Metropolis City Crime Gambling Chinese Witches Gangs
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1869 New York 1ed Great Metropolis City Crime Gambling Chinese Witches Gangs



Junius Browne was a Civil War reporter known for his works of American history. Perhaps his most well-known work is The Great Metropolis, an account of the origins and growth of New York City. Browne discusses poverty and wealth, societal divisions, origins of the Knickerbocker, commerce, hunting and wild beasts, fortune-tellers and mystic oracles, witches and superstitions, beer gardens, gambling houses, Broadway performances, Chinese influence, Wall Street bankers, and much more!



Item number: #23115

Price: $499



BROWNE, Junius Henri



The great metropolis: a mirror of New York. : A complete history of metropolitan life and society, with sketches of prominent places, and things in the city, as they actually exist



Hartford: American Publishing Company. R.W. Bliss and Co., Toledo, Ohio. Bliss & Co., m Newark, N.J.H.H. Bancroft & Co., San Francisco, Cal., 1869. First edition.



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages

700, [4]

26 illustrations

References: Sabin 8667

Provenance: Bookplate – Fitchburg Historical Society

Presented by Edna M. Spring, 1928

Language: English

Binding: Hardcover; tight and secure

Cloth

Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 16cm)



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