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"A micro-biography of horror fiction s most influential author and his love hate relationship with New York City."--
List of contents
Introduction: "Age Brings Reminiscences" | 1
1 "A Person of the Most Admirable Qualities" | 17
2 "An Eastern City of Wonder" | 32
3 "It Is a Myth; A Dream" | 51
4 "Brigham Young Annexing His 27th" | 67
5 "The Somewhat Disastrous Collapse" | 80
6 "A Maze of Poverty & Uncertainty" | 96
7 "A Pleasing Hermitage" | 114
8 "Circle of Aesthetic Dilettante" | 131
9 "Long Live the State of Rhode- Island" | 154
Conclusion: "The Merest Vague Dream" | 169
Acknowledgments | 181
Notes | 185
Bibliography | 251
Index | 269
About the author
David J. Goodwin is a historian and was a Frederick Lewis Allen Room scholar at the New York Public Library from 2020 to 2023. He is a past commissioner and chairperson of the Jersey City Historic Preservation Commission and a former Jersey City Landmarks Conservancy board member. His first book,
Left Bank of the Hudson: Jersey City and the Artists of 111 1st Street, received the J. Owen Grundy History Award in 2018. He blogs about cities, culture, and history at davidjgoodwin.com.
