Ghosts and murders of Manhattan / Elise Gainer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gainer, Elise., Author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crime--New York (State)--New York--History--Pictorial works.

Crime.

Haunted places--New York (State)--New York--Pictorial works.

Haunted places.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Manhattan (New York, N.Y.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (127 pages) : chiefly illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : Arcadia Pub., [2013]

Summary:

Manhattan’s past whispers for attention amongst the bustle of the city’s ever-changing landscape. At Fraunces Tavern, George Washington’s emotional farewell luncheon in 1783 echoes in the Long Room. Gertrude Tredwell’s ghost appears to visitors at the Merchant’s House Museum. Long since deceased, Olive Thomas shows herself to the men of the New Amsterdam Theatre, and Dorothy Parker still keeps her lunch appointment at the Algonquin Hotel. In other places, it is not the paranormal but the abnormal violent acts by gangsters, bombers, and murderers that linger in the city’s memory. Some think Jack the Ripper and the Boston Strangler hunted here. The historic images and true stories in Ghosts and Murders of Manhattan bring to life the people and events that shaped this city and raised the consciousness of its residents.

Contents:

Deadly places, public spaces

Lively hotels and homes

The famous and the infamous

Churches, museums, and mysterious institutions

Spirited taverns and theaters.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 127).

OCLC:

882566708