Brooklyn Heights : The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb

Brooklyn Heights : The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of America's First Suburb

Robert Furman

Språken
FörlagThe History Press
ISBN9781625855046

Settled in the 1600s, Brooklyn Heights is one of New York's most historic neighborhoods. Its strategic location overlooking the harbor proved instrumental during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn. In the 1830s, steam ferries transformed it into America's first suburb, where abolitionism fl