The Encyclopedia of New York City. Jackson, Kenneth. New Haven: Yale University Press,1995. Reference for : Immigration statistics, history of skyscrapers, Manhattan bridge and port of New York.

Maritime New York in Nineteenth-Century Photographs. Lightfoot, Fredrick and Johnson, Josephine . New York, Dover Publications, 1980. Reference for: for immigration scenes and information on port of New York.

Nathaniels Nutmeg. Milton, Giles. New York: Penguin Books, 2000. Reference for: for the transfer of New Amsterdam from the Dutch to the English.

Native New Yorkers. Pritchard, Evan. San Francisco / Tulsa: Council Oak Books, 2002. Reference for: History of the Lenape in New York, pre-history timeline source.

The Great New York City Trivia & Fact Book. Taylor, Kim. Nashville: Cumberland House Publishing, Inc. 1998.

* This reading list also reflects my bibliography for this website.