New York Diaries: 1609 to 2009By: New York is a city like no other. Through the centuries, shes been embraced and reviled, worshipped and feared, praised and batteredall the while standing at the crossroads of American politics, business, society, and culture. Pulitzer Prize winner Teresa Carpenter, a lifelong diary enthusiast, scoured the archives of libraries, historical societies, and private estates to assemble here an almost holographic view of this iconic metropolis.