{"product_id":"forgotten-tales-of-new-york-melanie-zimmer-9781596296787","title":"Forgotten Tales of New York","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Melanie Zimmer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 159629678X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781596296787\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.40d","brand":"Melanie Zimmer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938544058623,"sku":"9781596296787","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9c0bbd88-0d26-4e2d-b0e3-fa8a90816b2e.jpg?v=1681436312","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/forgotten-tales-of-new-york-melanie-zimmer-9781596296787","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}