The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers the ecologist Ruth Patrick taught

the ecologist Ruth Patrick taught the world how to care for the environment

and their two moody teenage daughters

fresh understandings of genetics and evolution

and family compounds to beach houses

The Gods of New York: Egotists, Idealists, Opportunists, and the Birth of the Modern City: 1986-1990 Stickers the ecologist Ruth Patrick taughtA sweeping chronicle of four tumultuous years in 1980s New York that changed the city foreverand anticipated the forces that would soon divide the nation New York entered 1986 as a city reborn. Record profits on Wall Street sent waves of money splashing across Manhattan, bringing a battered city roaring back to life. But it also entered 1986 as a city whose foundation was beginning to crack. Thousands of New Yorkers were sleeping in the streets,