{"product_id":"conquering-gotham-building-penn-station-and-its-tunnels-9780143113249","title":"Conquering Gotham: Building Penn Station and Its Tunnels","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Jill Jonnes\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: United States - State \u0026amp; Local - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":"Paperback","offer_id":45408449986711,"sku":"9780143113249","price":2171.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143113249.webp?v=1767309918","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/conquering-gotham-building-penn-station-and-its-tunnels-9780143113249","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}