“Essential reading for all urban adventurers and explorers.”
—Emma Allen, Cartoon Editor, The New Yorker

“Baron Eugene von Schoogenheimer, history's foremost chronicler of untold wonder and intrigue, is known to have travelled to North America around the turn of the 20th century.

“His writings suggest that he visited New York City in two spells, on either side of the Great War. There, he unearthed a world of innumerable hidden charms.”