Definitive History

Discover the in-depth history behind some of America's most beloved locations and cultural icons with the Definitive History American History Book series. Learn how Johnstown, Pennsylvania recovered after a devastating flood in 1936, discover Sarasota’s famous connection to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and revisit Brooklyn Heights and the Battle of Brooklyn during the Revolutionary War. What part did seaside town Truro play in capturing British militia? What about the lost indigeneous history of Edisto Island?  From Chesapeake, Virginia to Centerville, Iowa, uncover new stories through the Definitive History series. 
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Brooklyn Heights
Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Heights

9781626199545

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Settled in the 1600s, Brooklyn Heights is one of New York's most historic neighborhoods.


Its strategic location overlooking the harbor proved instrumental during the Revolutionary War's Battle of Brooklyn. In the 1830s, steam ferries transformed it into America's first suburb, where abolitionism flourished and one of the largest Civil War Sanitary Fairs was held. Throughout the nineteenth century, wealthy philanthropists and entrepreneurs built high-styled Gothic Revival and Italianate homes and founded many landmark Brooklyn institutions. Though the neighborhood declined with the new century, it became a target of Robert Moses's urban renewal projects in the 1930s. Its designation as the city's first historic district saved Brooklyn Heights, and it has since blossomed into one of the city's most desirable neighborhoods.

Brooklyn Heights