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Wild City: A Brief History of New York City in 40 Animals

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The Cincinnati Subway: History of Rapid Transit (Images of America: Ohio)

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The Great American Transit Disaster: A Century of Austerity, Auto-Centric Planning, and White Flight (Historical Studies of Urban America)

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