Conquering Gotham: A Gilded Age Epic: The Construction of Penn Station and ItsTunnels - Hardcover

Jonnes, Jill

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0670031585 ISBN 13: 9780670031580

Publisher: Viking Adult, 2007

Synopsis

Traces the epic story of the struggle to build Penn Station, in a narrative account that describes how the nation's most powerful railroad tackled Tammany Hall corruption, the machinations of labor agitators, and the forces of nature in order to create a tunnel system linking Manhattan, New Jersey, and Long Island.

About this title

About the Author:

Jill Jonnes is a historian and the author of Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World and South Bronx Rising: The Rise, Fall & Resurrection of an American City. She has been a National Endowment for the Humanities scholar and received several grants from the Ford Foundation.

From AudioFile:

Gotham, of course, means New York City, and the Pennsylvania Railroad conquered much to bring its trains to Manhattan Island. Aside from maneuvering the politics and designing a monumental station, there was the engineering nightmare of crossing the mile-wide Hudson River with four subterranean tunnels. David Drummonds voice deserves five stars for tempo, understandability, and tone. He avoids the pitfalls of excessive theatrics or droning by choosing subtle accents for quotations without making them distracting. These voices always fit the authors clues about who is speaking, and they create a learning experience far better than the printed word. The authors skill and a narrator perfect for nonfiction will delight lovers of true stories from the past. J.A.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Viking Adult
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0670031585
• ISBN 13: 9780670031580
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 384