xxiii, 460 pp. Includes black-and-white illustrations. Taking as his title the name of the street once the busiest of the New York waterfront, the author presents us with a history of the shipping industry in New York from the close of the Revolutionary War almost to the outbreak of the Civil War (1783-1860). Describes vividly the events that made New York the leading seaport on the eastern seaboard. Gives interesting insights into the lives of the merchant princes & shipping magnates of New York City of that day.
