Forgotten Tales of New York (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781596296787)

Few New Yorkers remember the night when firemen, in tuxedos and top hats, were dragged from a ball to extinguish a Waterloo blaze, or the typographical error that reported Theodore Roosevelt taking a bath? instead of his presidential oath.? Still fewer remember Cephas Bennett, a missionary from Utica and printer of the first Burmese Bible, or H.L. Mencken's humorous article on the history of the bathtub, still quoted today as factual although entirely invented. Seasoned storyteller Melanie Zimmer seamlessly weaves together these hard-to-believe, yet entirely true, tales. From the monster of Seneca Lake to the man who inspired the American icon Uncle Sam, discover the lost secrets of the Empire State.

Author: Melanie Zimmer
ISBN-10: 159629678X
ISBN-13: 9781596296787
Publisher: History Press
Language: English
Published: 08/01/2009
Pages: 144
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.30lbs
Size: 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d