New York received the great composer like a god; he responded con brio to its shiny gadgets and beautiful women and produced an “American” opera.
Maria Monk’s lurid “disclosures” and Samuel Morse’s dire warnings launched a crusade of bigotry that almost won the White House
In a day of rampant money-making, gentle Peter Cooper was not only a reformer but successful, widely loved, and rich.
John Roebling lost his life and his son lost his health, but after sixteen years the incredible Brooklyn Bridge was finished
Everyone from presidents to swindlers sailed the Sound on “Mammoth Palace Steamers” in the heyday of the sidewheelers