London's American Past: A Guided Tour

There are more than five centuries of American history hidden in the streets and tourist sights of London. This book provides a guided, illustrated tour through that history in a twelve-mile walk from the Tower of London to Grosvenor Gate. Follow in the footsteps of Penn and Pocahontas, Eisenhower and T.S. Eliot, Benjamin Franklin and John Kennedy and discover a tapestry of people, places, history, anecdote and politics. What is the connection between Buffalo Bill and Traitor's Gate? Where did Londoners go in 1609 to sign up for emigration to Virginia? How, why and when did theatre ragtime burst upon London? Visit the pub where both Theodore Roosevelt and Mark Twain drank in London, the stained glass commemorating Henry Hudson in Bishopsgate, the Pilgrim Fathers' memorial in the Houses of Parliament and much more.