{"product_id":"conquering-gotham-9780143113249","title":"Conquering Gotham","description":"\u003cb\u003e“Superb. [A] first-rate narrative” (\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e) about the controversial construction of New York’s beloved original Penn Station and its tunnels, from the author of \u003ci\u003eEiffel's Tower\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eUrban Forests\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As bestselling books like Ron Chernow's \u003ci\u003eTitan\u003c\/i\u003e and David McCullough's \u003ci\u003eThe Great Bridge\u003c\/i\u003e affirm, readers are fascinated with the grand personalities and schemes that populated New York at the close of the nineteenth century. \u003ci\u003eConquering Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e re- creates the riveting struggle waged by the great Pennsylvania Railroad to build Penn Station and the monumental system of tunnels that would connect water-bound Manhattan to the rest of the continent by rail. Historian Jill Jonnes tells a ravishing tale of snarling plutocrats, engineering feats, and backroom politicking packed with the most colorful figures of Gilded Age New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eConquering Gotham\u003c\/i\u003e will be featured in an upcoming episdoe of PBS's American Experience.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62232002331011,"sku":"9780143113249","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780143113249.jpg?v=1785346750","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/conquering-gotham-9780143113249","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}