''The Colossus of New York'' is a 2003 book about the history of
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L ...
by American writer
Colson Whitehead
Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of eight novels, including his 1999 debut work '' The Intuitionist''; '' The Underground Railroad'' (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Awa ...
.
The subtitle of the book reads "A City in 13 Parts."
References
2003 non-fiction books
English-language books
History of New York City
Books about New York City
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