Books about New York City

Some notable books about New York City.

• Belden, E. Porter. New York, Past, Present, and Future: Comprising a History of the City of New York, a Description of its Present Condition, and an Estimate of its Future Increase, New York, G.P. Putnam, 1849. (Google Books)
• Burrows, Edwin G. & Wallace, Mike (1999). Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-195-11634-8.
• Burgess, Anthony. New York. Little, Brown, 1976
• Caro, Robert. The Power Broker. New York: Vintage Books, 1974.
• Delany, Samuel R. (1999). Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. New York, New York: New York University Press. ISBN 0-8147-1919-8.
• Federal Writers Project. The WPA Guide to New York City. (1995 reissue) The New Press, 1939.
• Jackson, Kenneth T., ed. (1995), Encyclopedia of New York City, New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, OL 1271559M
• Jackson, Kenneth T. and Dunbar, David S. (eds.) Empire City: New York Through the Centuries. New York, Columbia University Press, 2005.
• White, E.B.. Here is New York. (2000 reissue) New York: Little Bookroom, 1949
• White, Norval New York: A Physical History New York, Atheneum, 1987
• Whitehead, Colson. The Colossus of New York: A City in 13 Parts, New York, Doubleday, 2003.

Further reading

• James Bronson Reynolds, ed. (1911), Civic Bibliography for Greater New York, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, OL 7174160M
• Arthur Fremont Rider, ed. (1916), "Bibliography", Rider's New York City and Vicinity, New York: H. Holt and Company
• Federal Writers' Project (1939). "Books about New York". New York City Guide. American Guide Series. New York: Random House.

External links

• Digital Public Library of America. Texts related to New York City, various dates