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Time and again New York is the setting for interesting and exciting fiction, but what about non-fiction accounts of the real city and the people who have lived there?
Here's a selection of great titles that all focus on different aspects of the history of the Big Apple.
Have a favourite NYC history you don't see here? Tell us about it in the comments field.
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by Andrea Barnet
American Passage: the history of Ellis Island
by Vincent J. Cannato
Downtown: my Manhattan
by Pete Hamill
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by Jonathan Gill
Helluva Town: the story of New York City during World War II
by Richard Goldstein
Gotham: a history of New York City to 1898
by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace
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by Jill Lepore
Triangle: the fire that changed America
by David Von Drehle
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