Incredible New York : High Life and Low Life from 1850 to 1950

by Lloyd R. Morris

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This is the entertaining story of New York City's social life and customs over the period 1850 to 1950.

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Canonical title: Incredible New York : High Life and Low Life from 1850 to 1950
Original title: Incredible New York : High Life and Low Life of the Last Hundred Years
Original publication date: 1951
Important places: New York, New York, USA

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Genres: Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction
DDC/MDS: 974.7 — History & geography History of North America Northeastern United States (New England and Middle Atlantic states) New York
LCC: F128.3 .M87 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history New York
BISAC: HIS HISTORY United States State & Local General

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by Lloyd R. Morris

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