Ebook: Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City: Little-Known Tales About Gotham's People and Places

Selling the public on a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge -- A humble printer establishes freedom of the press -- Botched abortion, botched justice -- The US Mail underfoot -- The grand slave conspiracy that wasn't -- Mark Twain takes New York by storm and spirit -- The rise and fall of Little Germany -- New York's cross-dressing governor -- A deadly battle of shakespearian actors -- A lake gets its revenge on Manhattan -- Woodlawn Cemetery's celebrated clientele -- A building and a food fight for the ages -- New York's new insane class, and the woman who fought for them -- New York declares war on pigs -- A floating city of liquor.