xiii, 315 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliography and index.
Contents
Enchanted woods -- Flying Cloud -- Madison to the river -- Big Mary -- The howling swell -- The personal as political -- Grand mistakes -- Rich and romantic -- A pleasure to paint her portrait -- The American Girl herself -- For richer or poorer -- Smaller castles -- Pretty manners -- Silent bearers of many a half read message -- A fine object lesson in good construction -- Something in the nature of the marvelous -- No other city will live in the future as New York will -- Our goddess.