Legendary Locals Of Staten Island

Author : Thomas W. Matteo EdD,Margaret Lundrigan PsyD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439660034

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Legendary Locals of Staten Island by Thomas W. Matteo EdD,Margaret Lundrigan PsyD Pdf

Located at the entrance to New York Harbor, Staten Island has had a front-row seat to many of the comings and goings of the New World. From the early European explorers, such as Verrazano and Hudson, to the waves of immigrants coming in steerage, the island would be part of a gateway to a great continent. Some visitors stayed briefly, while others would go no further and would make the island their forever home. Those who called Staten Island home would include inventors, business leaders, writers, athletes, politicians, and artists. Some famous islanders include industry titan Cornelius Vanderbilt; inventor Antonio Meucci; Central Park visionary Frederick Law Olmsted; poet Edwin Markham; silent film star Mabel Normand; and singers Christina Aguilera, Joan Baez, and members of Wu-Tang Clan. All these would play a role in the development of Staten Island, a borough of New York City and sister to one of the world’s great metropolises.

Author : Thomas W. Matteo EdD and Margaret Lundrigan PsyD
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : History
ISBN : 9781467125024

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Legendary Locals of Staten Island by Thomas W. Matteo EdD and Margaret Lundrigan PsyD Pdf

Located at the entrance to New York Harbor, Staten Island has had a front-row seat to many of the comings and goings of the New World. From the early European explorers, such as Verrazano and Hudson, to the waves of immigrants coming in steerage, the island would be part of a gateway to a great continent. Some visitors stayed briefly, while others would go no further and would make the island their forever home. Those who called Staten Island home would include inventors, business leaders, writers, athletes, politicians, and artists. Some famous islanders include industry titan Cornelius Vanderbilt; inventor Antonio Meucci; Central Park visionary Frederick Law Olmsted; poet Edwin Markham; silent film star Mabel Normand; and singers Christina Aguilera, Joan Baez, and members of Wu-Tang Clan. All these would play a role in the development of Staten Island, a borough of New York City and sister to one of the world's great metropolises.

Author : Theresa Anarumo,Maureen Seaberg
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 173 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2019-04-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781439663547

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Hidden History of Staten Island by Theresa Anarumo,Maureen Seaberg Pdf

Take the ferry to this New York City borough and discover its colorful secrets, in a quirky history packed with facts and photos. Staten Island has a rich and fascinating cultural legacy that few people outside New York City's greenest borough know about. Chewing gum was invented on the island with the help of Mexican general Antonio López de Santa Anna. Country music legend Roy Clark got his start as a virtuoso guitar player on the Staten Island Ferry. Anna Leonowens, who worked with the king's children in the Court of Siam and was the basis for The King and I, came back to Staten Island to write about her experiences and run a school for children. Join native Staten Islanders Theresa Anarumo and Maureen Seaberg as they document the hidden history of the borough with these stories, and many more

Author : Elizabeth Shepard,Mike Farrelly
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100533

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Legendary Locals of Montclair, New Jersey by Elizabeth Shepard,Mike Farrelly Pdf

In the 1870s, railroads transformed Montclair from a rural retreat to a haven for influential businessmen and artists. They came for the orderly government, excellent schools, flourishing churches, able physicians, and attractive families. Actress Laura Keene sought the area's healthy atmosphere after contracting tuberculosis. Civil War hero Dr. J.J.H. Love was influential in organizing the first hospital. Other Civil War notables include Medal of Honor recipient Abram Haring and Gen. John C. Tidball. After famed painter George Inness made Montclair his home, dozens of artists came to be near him and share his influences. Today's roster of artists continues to be amazing: Oliver Lake, Frankie Faison, Horace Ott, George Walker, Olympia Dukakis, and Louis Zorich. Legendary Locals of Montclair shares the inspiring tales of songwriter Herman Hupfeld; Lucy Stone, founder of the American Suffrage Association; medical pioneers Emily and Elizabeth Blackwell; pastor Harry Emerson Fosdick; violin maker Carleen Hutchins; astronaut Buzz Aldrin; inventor Carleton Ellis; and baseball greats Yogi Berra and Larry Doby.

Author : Jennifer Campaniolo
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439647226

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Legendary Locals of Brookline by Jennifer Campaniolo Pdf

For its first 75 years, Brookline was a bucolic area of Boston, with rolling hills and low-lying salt marshes. Named “Muddy River” by its residents after a shallow tidal estuary bordering Roxbury, Brookline had no more than 50 families inhabiting it when it was incorporated as an independent town on November 13, 1705. Long regarded as a liberal, progressive community, Brookline is a model of how an effective town government can positively impact the life of its citizens. Brookline boasts numerous Nobel Prize winners—doctors, scientists, and researchers who have made enormous strides in their fields. Brookline shares Boston’s strong literary tradition, with residents like poet Amy Lowell and mystery writer Dennis Lehane. Brookline’s pedestrian-friendly infrastructure, with many residents who eschew cars and shop locally, attracts many small-business owners such as Dana Brigham and Seth Barrett. Brookline has been home to a number of sports luminaries like Larry Bird, Terry Francona, and Robert Kraft. Famous politicians include the 35th president, John F. Kennedy, who was born in Brookline; former governor Michael Dukakis; and New York mayor Michael Bloomberg. Legendary Locals of Brookline tells their stories, as well as the stories of some of the lesser-known heroes and humanitarians who make Brookline a great place to call home.

Author : Hope J. Shannon
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9781439645024

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Legendary Locals of Boston's South End by Hope J. Shannon Pdf

From the South Ends early years as an upper- and middle-class residential district to its time as an immigrant and rooming house neighborhood and then to its recent urban renewal, residents have shaped its legacy and its place within the city of Boston. Locals have worked in common to make the South End a safe and vibrant community for over two centuries. Notables such as architect Gridley J.F. Bryant, preservation advocate Arthur Howe, and pedestrian advocate Ann Hershfang contributed immensely to the built environment. Residents like settlement house leader Robert Woods, immigrant and author Mary Antin, politician and activist Mel King, urban gardener Betsy Johnson, and lawyer Harry Dow, to name a few, shaped minds and lives alike. Add to their ranks artists like Allan Rohan Crite and Kahlil Gibran, jazz club owner Joseph Walcott, longtime restaurateurs such as the Foley and Manjourides families, and bar owner and gay rights advocate Leo Motsis and a true picture of the South Ends history and diversity begins to emerge.

Author : Tom Chesek
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9781439651322

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Legendary Locals of Asbury Park by Tom Chesek Pdf

It is a pious paradise wrested from the dunes; a salty carnival of dreamers, drifters, and just plain folks; a city made legendary by Bruce Springsteen and Stephen Crane but grounded in generations of turbulent American reality. Even those who never lived there feel proprietary about Asbury Park—a place of shared experiences and strong passions, where grand sandcastle plans wash up against changing times and tides. Legendary Locals of Asbury Park captures a parade of personalities, from the visionaries who challenged nature to the true believers who sought, against tremendous odds, to make a year-round life in this city of summers. The shopkeepers and show people, the advocates on the front lines of social change, and the chroniclers who witnessed history are all among those who helped a small town cast a giant profile, here and on the big boardwalk beyond.

Author : Karen F. Riley and Andrew Gioulis, Foreword by Peter H. Stemmer
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 130 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467100816

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Legendary Locals of the Pine Barrens of New Jersey by Karen F. Riley and Andrew Gioulis, Foreword by Peter H. Stemmer Pdf

Our country's first national reserve, the Pine Barrens, harbors a wonderful secret unknown to most outsiders. This 1.1-million-acre treasure trove of pitch pine and sugar sand is home to many rare species and almost 17 trillion gallons of the purest water on earth. It was in this forest that men like Leland Champion logged trees and built sawmills. It was along these waterways that craftsmen like Gary Giberson made prized decoys. And it was in these woods that Stanley Switlik built a tower from which Amelia Earhart jumped, testing his parachute so it could be used in World War II. These woods yielded inventors whose products we enjoy today: cultivated blueberries, cranberry sauce, and Welch's grape juice. It was here that Bob Buchanan reached for the mooring lines as the Hindenburg ended its final, fated voyage. And it was here in Buzby's General Store that John McPhee penned his classic book, The Pine Barrens, setting into motion legislation to preserve this area for future generations.

Author : Daniel C. Kramer,Richard M. Flanagan
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9780761858317

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Staten Island by Daniel C. Kramer,Richard M. Flanagan Pdf

This book chronicles how the "forgotten borough" has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. The authors analyze the politics behind events that have shaped Staten Island.

Author : Staten Island 350 Anniversary Committee
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2011-02-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614230878

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Discovering Staten Island by Staten Island 350 Anniversary Committee Pdf

As one of the five boroughs of New York City, Staten Island has a rich and colorful past, and it is full of places where people have shaped the city, state and nation. To commemorate its 350th anniversary, local community leaders and educators have gathered together this unprecedented collection. Walk in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, Susan B. Anthony, Langston Hughes, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and the Dalai Lama; visit Revolutionary War sites; relive the entrepreneurial drive and inventiveness of business and medical pioneers; and imagine the lives of Irish, Norwegian, Italian, Sri Lankan and Liberian immigrants. Its shores are awash in history, from Lenape trails to Dutch and French farms, from the Atlantic Terra Cotta Company to legendary sports figures and quaint historic districts. Their struggles, hardships, triumphs and achievements, in spectacular and everyday Staten Island locations, are brought to life.

Author : John Louis Sublett
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2013-07-29
Category : History
ISBN : 1490590862

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Staten Island Short Stories by John Louis Sublett Pdf

In this, my fourth book about Staten Island, I present thirty short stories from our islands past. Some are light hearted tales, a few are historical, others are just fascinating stories from way back when. In these stories you will find, humor, drama, inventiveness, mystery and much more. Hopefully you will enjoy the stories told here.

Author : Cornelius G. Kolff
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : LCCN:19003750

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Early History of Staten Island by Cornelius G. Kolff Pdf

Author : CORNELIUS G. KOLFF
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0366663801

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EARLY HISTORY OF STATEN ISLAND (CLASSIC REPRINT). by CORNELIUS G. KOLFF Pdf

Author : Charles William Leng,William Thompson Davis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 632 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1933
Category : Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : WISC:89072988496

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Staten Island and Its People by Charles William Leng,William Thompson Davis Pdf

Author : George. [from old catalog] Batchelor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 12 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1869
Category : Staten Island (New York, N.Y.)
ISBN : OCLC:1085325035

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Staten Island, One Vast City,. by George. [from old catalog] Batchelor Pdf