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Manhattan phoenix : the great fire of 1835 and the emergence of modern New York /

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On a freezing December night almost two centuries ago, a fire erupted in lower Manhattan. The city's inhabitants, though accustomed to blazes in a town with so many wooden structures, a spotty water supply and a decentralized fire department, looked on in horror at the scale of this one. Philip...

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Main Author: Levy, Daniel S. (Daniel Saul), 1959- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2022].
Subjects:
Fires > New York (State) > New York > History > 19th century.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) > History > 19th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social conditions > 19th century.

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