The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers a mysterious young woman who

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

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The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers a mysterious young woman whoA 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,