Touring Gotham’s Archaeological Past: 8 Self-Guide

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Touring Gotham’s Archaeological Past: 8 Self-Guided Walking Tours through New York City

This unique guidebook takes the reader on 8 walkin

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By Diana diZerega Wall (au); Anne-Marie Cantwell (au)
Year: 2004
Pages: 208
Binding Paperback
ISBN 0-300-10388-3

Product Code: 142236027X

Description

This unique guidebook takes the reader on 8 walking tours to 87 archaeological sites throughout New York City & presents a new way of exploring the city through the rich history that lies buried beneath it. The tours are designed to explore both ancient times & modern space. Some tours bring the reader to popular tourist attractions & present them in a new light. Others center on places that even the most seasoned New Yorkers have never seen. Learn about the lives of colonial farmers & merchants, enslaved Africans, Revolutionary War soldiers, & 19th-century hotel keepers, grocers, & housewives. Investigate new facets of the history behind the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Wall Street, Greenwich Village, & other famous locales. Illustrations & maps.

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