The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers Embrace colorful

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and their two moody teenage daughters

all while a deadly and mysterious red tide ravages the beaches and a possible curse threatens to close down the Hotel Paraíso for good

Chernow masterfully captures a man whose career reflected the country’s westward expansion

the ecologist Ruth Patrick taught the world how to care for the environment

The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers Embrace colorfulA sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city foreverand anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation New York entered 1986 as a city reborn. Record profits on Wall Street sent waves of money splashing across Manhattan, bringing a battered city roaring back to life. But it also entered 1986 as a city whose foundation was beginning to crack. Thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping in the streets,