a History of Burning

Broadway takes us on a mile-by-mile journey that traces the gradual evolution of the 17th century's Brede Wegh, a muddy cow path in a backwater Dutch settlement, to the 20th century's Great White Way. We learn why one side of the street was once considered more fashionable than the other; witness construction of the Ansonia Apartments, Trinity Church, and the Flatiron Building and the burning of P. T. Barnum's American Museum; and discover that Columbia University was built on the site of an insane asylum.

An eye-opening history of Manhattan told through its most celebrated street.

A "brief and vital account" of humanity's long history of playing the blame game, from Adam and Eve to modern politics—"a relevant and timely subject" (The Daily Telegraph).