Gotham - A history of New York city to 1898 is an non fiction book of historian Edinburgh burrows& mike wallace based on 20years if research it was published on 1998by Oxford University consisting of 1456 pages huge book. If talk about its summary den the name reveals it is informative book based on New York wars.To know in detail one must enjoy reading book physical . I must give it 3-4 stars. Good one