Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island
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Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
Total Pages : 168
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ISBN-10 : 9781614235903
ISBN-13 : 1614235902
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Book Synopsis Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island by : Ralph F. Brady

Download or read book Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island written by Ralph F. Brady and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2012-07-17 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York's Long Island is long on history from land to sea! Ralph Brady covers well known and unknown sites, events, homes, places and people. Everyone lucky enough to live on Long Island already knows that it's like nowhere else in the world. From lighthouses and a one-hundred-year-old carousel to World War II camps and missile sites, Long Island native Ralph Brady reveals the secrets to what makes this little-big island so special with a tour of some of Nassau and Suffolk's most historic locations. Walt Whitman, William Vanderbilt, Theodore Roosevelt and many others occupied remarkable homes around the island. Charles Lindbergh made his historic flight to France from what is now a shopping mall. For many years, a Long Island factory gave the world the game of Scrabble. Even the waters teem with history, with the modern submarine making its start off the coast. Come explore these and other settings from Long Island's past.


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