Excelsior editions

Explores sixteen events in the history of the state of New York, from the launch of the state government in April 1777 to the tragedy of September 11, 2001, that altered the history of the state and the United States.

A guide to the art deco arcitecture of New York.

Discusses the history and politics surrounding the of the War of 1812.

The complete diaries of Theodore Roosevelt from 1877 to 1886. They cover the formative years of his life and show the transformation of a sickly and solitary Harvard freshman into a confident and increasingly robust young adult. The entries cover the premature death of his father, his courtship and marriage to his first wife, the death of his first wife and his mother on the same day, his burgeoning political career in New York City and his election to the New York State Assembly. His descriptions of balls, dinner parties, and nights at the opera offer a glimpse into life among the Gilded Age elite in Boston and New York.