GUIDE: Brooklyn History
Ferry Market Publishing, New York
Guide to the Legends & Mystery of Brooklyn
by Richard Mauro
The first Nation, the Canarsee Tribe and Wampum (1500 CE)
The Dutch, the Floods, a Ferry, Currency (1600-1700)
A Gift, a Battle, a Ferry Ride, Yellow Fever & Steam Engines (1700-1800)
Whitman, Ferry Market, Olympia, Vinegar Hill & DUMBO (The 19th and 20th Centuries)
Industry, Depression, Architecture and Revitalization (1830-Present)