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The East River captures the history of New York's premier waterway. The river, a Native American life source, spawned communities from Brooklyn to Harlem. Its shipyards and docks projected American enterprise around the world. The waterfront, an industrial and commercial dynamo, forged a continent. The dreams of immigrants who arrived and lived on its banks created this nation. The river's strong currents guarded prisons and hospital quarantines while keeping secret legends of gold on its bottom. The sinews of a great ...

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The East River 2005, Arcadia Publishing (SC), Charleston, SC

ISBN-13: 9780738537870

Trade paperback

East River 2005, Arcadia Publishing Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781531622398

Hardcover