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Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898

by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace

Pulitzer Prize · 1999 · Winner
HistoryISBN 9780199741205

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Pulitzer Prize for History1999Winner

About the Author

Edwin G. Burrows (1943-2018) was an American historian and Distinguished Professor at Brooklyn College, best known for co-authoring the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898 (1998) with Mike Wallace, as well as authoring Forgotten Patriots (2008), which won the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award. New York Times obituary

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