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A review by bookbelle5_17
Broadway: A History of New York City in Thirteen Miles by Fran Leadon
4.0
The history of the infamous American city that is the home of American Theatre, immigration, shopping, and a lot famous figures, like Poe and Hamilton, in history. The book takes us from the early days of New York City before electricity up to early 20th century and ends with the author implying that Broadway never ends.
Reading this work was fascinating illustration of the history of a city and state that I have visited a few times, even wanted to live for a while, but never really explored. When visiting the goal is to see a show and maybe do some shopping, but New York has so much more to offer. Leadon organizes it mile by mile covering the important developments that happened each mile, but makes the timeline a bit scattered and difficult to follow as he jumps around in time. There's at least one street map in each mile, which does give you an idea of the street. Each mile has photographs throughout, but not many, that show you important moments that were talked about in his book. If you love NYC you would probably enjoy this sum up of the history of the development of the famous city.
Reading this work was fascinating illustration of the history of a city and state that I have visited a few times, even wanted to live for a while, but never really explored. When visiting the goal is to see a show and maybe do some shopping, but New York has so much more to offer. Leadon organizes it mile by mile covering the important developments that happened each mile, but makes the timeline a bit scattered and difficult to follow as he jumps around in time. There's at least one street map in each mile, which does give you an idea of the street. Each mile has photographs throughout, but not many, that show you important moments that were talked about in his book. If you love NYC you would probably enjoy this sum up of the history of the development of the famous city.