Acknowledgements & Sources I used the following sources during the research phase of my novel: Empire City: New York Through the Centuries, Kenneth T. Jackson and David S. Dunbar, Editors; Ship Ablaze: The Tragedy of the Steamboat General Slocum, Edward T. O’Donnell; German New York City, Richard Panchyk; “Minetta Lane, New York,” Stephen Crane; By a Margin of 277 Votes: The Consolidation of Brooklyn and New York, Long Island Historical Journal, Donald E. Simon; Strange and Obscure Stories of New York City, Tim Rowland.

