An exciting new volume of letters about the Capital of the World--from
George Washington, Kahlil Gibran, Audrey Hepburn, Martin Scorsese, and
more--from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections
Peter Schagen writes to the Dutch West India Company about the purchase
of Manhattes. Mayor Ambrose Kingsland urges the city council to create
what became Central Park. E. B. White bemoans taxi cab design to Harold
Ross, cofounder of The New Yorker. Bianca Jagger sets the record
straight about that white horse in Studio 54. New York City goes by many
names--Gotham, Empire City, the City That Never Sleeps--and once served
as the capital of America. It came together as we know it in 1898 and
has become one of the world's most powerful, most important megacities,
shaping art, culture, finance, and media across the globe. This iconic
collection of thirty letters smartly explores the history of life in the
five boroughs. You'll need more than a New York minute to enjoy it all.