{"aiVersion":"1","content":{"id":"cmr8inkoj0004p3xhokf610l3","slug":"reading-gotham-mike-wallace-and-new-york-s-story-20260706","title":"Reading Gotham: Mike Wallace and New York's Story","level":"EASY","publishedAt":"2026-07-06T01:03:15.350Z"},"topic":{"slug":"reading-gotham-mike-wallace-and-new-york-s-story-20260706","category":"education"},"article":{"paragraphs":["Mike Wallace is an American historian who studies New York City. He wrote Gotham with Edwin Burrows in 1998. The book tells the city’s story to 1898 and it won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.","Wallace is a distinguished professor at John Jay College and at the CUNY Graduate Center. He started the Gotham Center for New York City History and he has worked with many students. Many readers enjoy its stories about immigrants, work, and city life. It is long and full of details. Students often read parts of it in class."],"wordCount":93,"readTime":1},"vocabulary":[{"word":"historian","example":"She is a historian who studies city life.","phonetic":"/ˌhɪsˈtɔːr.i.ən/","definition":"A person who studies or writes about history."},{"word":"Pulitzer Prize","example":"The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1999.","phonetic":"/ˈpʊl.ɪ.tər praɪz/","definition":"A major American award for writing and scholarship."},{"word":"immigrant","example":"Many immigrants changed the city.","phonetic":"/ˈɪm.ɪ.ɡrənt/","definition":"A person who comes to live in a new country."}],"quiz":[{"answer":"Mike Wallace","question":"Who wrote Gotham with Edwin Burrows?"},{"answer":"1998","question":"When was Gotham published?"},{"answer":"Pulitzer Prize","question":"Which prize did the book win in 1999?"}],"discussion":[{"question":"Do you enjoy reading about the history of your city? Why or why not?"},{"question":"Have you ever read a long historical book? What happened when you read it?"},{"question":"What do you think is interesting about the stories of immigrants in a city?"}]}