City of Dreams

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“A whopping saga…teeming with bizarre medicine, slave uprisings, executions, thriving brothels, and occasional cannibalistic Indians–brings forth shocks of recognition…A near perfect historical novel.”
Los Angeles Times

“The tapestry of early American society is hung out for a fresh viewing in this ambitious historical novel…Riveting…The city of New York is a character in its own right, but even it cannot compete with the richly drawn, well-rounded people Swerling creates. This engrossing, generously imagined tale deserves the large audience it should find at a time when the founding fathers reign triumphant in biography.”
Publishers Weekly

“The early history of Manhattan is chronicled through six generations of a remarkable clan of surgeons, physicians, and apothecaries…for more than 100 years the Turner and Van der Vries branches of the family participate in both the evolution and the art and science of medicine and the transitions of Manhattan from a fledgling colonial outpost to a bustling, thriving metropolis on the brink of revolution.”
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