Greater Gotham

A History of New York City from 1898 to 1919

By: Mike Wallace

Narrated by: Victor Bevine

In this utterly immersive volume, Mike Wallace captures the swings of prosperity and downturn, from the 1898 skyscraper-driven boom to the Bankers' Panic of 1907, the labor upheaval, and violent repression during and after the First World War. Here is New York on a whole new scale, moving from national to global prominence - an urban dynamo driven by restless ambition, boundless energy, immigrant dreams, and Wall Street greed.

Within the first two decades of the 20th century, a newly consolidated New York grew exponentially. The city exploded into the air, with skyscrapers jostling for prominence, and dove deep into the bedrock where massive underground networks of subways, water pipes, and electrical conduits sprawled beneath the city to serve a surging population of New Yorkers from all walks of life. New York was transformed in these two decades as the world's second-largest city and now its financial capital, thriving and sustained by the city's seemingly unlimited potential.

Wallace's new book matches its predecessor in pure pause-resisting appeal and takes America's greatest city to new heights.

©2017 Mike Wallace (P)2018 Audible, Inc.

wow! Volume two is even better than volume one.

The effort put into the research and production of this book and audiobook is truly mind boggling. The story of New York is really the story of the birth of the United States. Anyone wishing to understand how we got where we are, warts and all, needs to read/hear this history. can’t wait for volume three.

Excellent performance. Relatively few errors in pronunciation and emphasis, though not 100% perfect.

very comprehensive book on New York City

if you're interested in a book covering New York City during this time period, this is the book for you

Mind-blowing and comprehensive!

This book was an absolute joy to listen to. I learned so much about the city I know more about than any other.

The narration was easy to understand, and I appreciate all of the direct quotes from many, many people.

Perhaps over-detailed, but wonderful nonetheless

A terrific book, especially for anyone interested in either (a) NYC history and/or (b) the US during the "Gilded Age." Wallace has a slight tendency to go into more detail than is necessary, with long lists of the members of the Board of Directors of various corporations, the various founders of this or that benevolent society, etc., which is the only thing keeping this from being, for me, a 5-star treat. The story of New York City in these years is almost beyond comprehension - it goes from being a large and important city at the end of the 19th century to the capital of world finance, industry, commerce, musical entertainment, movie-making, manufacturing, . . . by 1919. Astonishing.

OK but not awesome.

This was interesting but nowhere near as good as the original Gotham. It was more of series of small stories than a regular book.

Narrator and broad strokes of New York

Crazy good book about New York. Always a pleasure to come back to when I study this era.

New York City the best and the worst of all of us!

This book tells the story of New York City up and until 1919. Who knew that so much of today’s politics and problems are with us today are from that time period. Great book

Exactly the Sequel to Gotham Anyone Could Hope For

Mike Wallace’s does an amazing job breaking down the complexity of turn-of-the-century New York into digestible sections. It’s exactly the sequel I was hoping for, after loving Gotham. And as always, Victor Bevine does fantastic job narrating—making the 50+ hours fly by. Overall it brings the time period to life in a way nothing else has for me.