Manhattan is epic. And here's the poem to prove it. Erik Pihel delivers a short epic in traditional forms that tells the archetypal New York story of a stranger arriving on shores of a new world. A book twenty-one years in the making, this tale of loss and wonder takes place over four days in 1995/96 and ends in free verse on the sidewalks of the East Village.Saturday, 9 December 1995 The World Below The Passion of the Queen A Bridge to the Far Shore The Immigrants EmbarkFriday, 5 July 1996 Stranger at the Gates Battle at the Wall Shape ShifterSaturday, 6 July 1996 Flight from the City The Immigrants ArriveSunday, 7 July 1996 One More Strange IslandAppendix: New Yorkers in "The Immigrants Embark" Acknowledgements About the Author