Download or read book New York Sawed in Half written by Joel Rose and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2001-05-04 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the story of the scheme carried out by John De Voe and a man named Lozier in 1824 to "save" to city of New York from sinking into the harbor, recreating the atmosphere of the time and speculating about the reasons for this hoax.