The Gods of Gotham (The first book in the Gods of Gotham series)

New York: Putnam's Sons, 2012. -----The scan you see is the book you get. Red boards with black lettering, (roughly) 9 1/4" by 6 1/4" (inches), head band, 414 pages, Near Fine condition, dust jacket is in Very Good Plus condition with mnor edge wear, now in Mylar. "1845. New York City forms its first police force. The great potato famine hits Ireland. These two seemingly disparate events will change New York City. Forever.Timothy Wilde tends bar near the Exchange, saving every dollar & shilling in hopes of winning the girl of his dreams. But when his dreams literally incinerate in a fire devastating downtown Manhattan, he finds himself disfigured, unemployed, and homeless. His older brother obtains Timothy a job in the newly minted NYPD. And he is less than thrilled that his new beat is the notoriously down-and-out Sixth Ward-at the border of Five Points, the world's most notorious slum. One night while returning from his rounds, heartsick & defeated, Timothy runs into a little slip of a girl - a girl not more than ten years old - dashing through the dark in her nightshift . . . covered head to toe in blood. Timothy knows he should take the girl to the House of Refuge, yet he can't bring himself to abandon her. Instead, he takes her home, where she spins wild stories, claiming that dozens of bodies are buried in the forest north of 23rd Street." Check out the scans. . 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Very Good Plus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.