GOTHAM

This hook is now decades old, but it covers ALL the history of New York City and surrounding territory. The Dutch, the English, the Tories, the Patriots, the wealthy, the enslaved, the Irish immigrants, and all manner of revolts. It covers the development of a business class from the earliest population of African descent. It covers why oppressed tenant farmers remained loyal to the King of England, after seeing their wealthy overlords back the Continental Congress. A perfect compilation of the good, the bad and the ugly, the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gotham/xF4NDALYWSAC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=Gotham&printsec=frontcover