Author: Benjamin Franklin Thompson
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 544

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Author: Benjamin Franklin Thompson
Publisher:
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 552

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Author: Benjamin Franklin Thompson
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Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 606

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Author: Benjamin Franklin Thompson
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Category : Long Island
Languages : en
Pages : 694

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Author: Benjamin Franklin Thompson
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Category : Long Island (N.Y.)
Languages : en
Pages : 680

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Author: Marilyn E. Weigold
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 9780814794005
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 286

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Spanning the shores of Connecticut and Long Island, New York, the Long Island Sound is one of the most picturesque places in North America. From the discovery of the Sound in 1614, to the adventures of Captain Kidd, to the sinking of the Lexington in the sound in 1840, the Long Island Sound also holds a unique place in American history. The Long Island Sound traces the growth of fishing and shipbuilding villages along the sound to the development of major industrial ports, resort towns, and suburban communities along the sound. Marilyn Weigold discusses the subsequent overcrowding and pollution that resulted from this prosperity and expansion. Originally published in 1974 as The American Mediterranean and long out of print, The Long Island Sound has been updated by the author with a new preface and final chapter describing the Sound in the twenty-first century. In this new edition, Weigold particularly focuses on environmental concerns, and describes more current milestones, like the Long Island Pine Barrens Society, who fought and won in 1995 to set aside 100,000 acres as NY State's first forest preserve; the continuous construction of the Long Island Expressway, with its forty-one miles of HOV lanes; the attempt made by several of Connecticut's coastal cities to reinvigorate urban redevelopment; and the Long Island Sound Study's investigation of toxic substances—both natural and man-made—which continue to contaminate the waterway. Through over 40 stunning photographs and many fascinating stories, The Long Island Sound tells the history of a vastly populated, but underdiscussed, part of America.

Author: W. W. Munsell
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781462218950
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 667

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Hardcover reprint of the original 1882 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: W.W. Munsell & Co., Pub. History Of Suffolk County, New York. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: W.W. Munsell & Co., Pub. History Of Suffolk County, New York, . New York: W.W. Munsell & Co., 1882.

Author: New York State Library
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 1796

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Author: Bill Bleyer
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467143472
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256

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"In 1778, two years after the British forced the Continental Army out of New York City, George Washington and his subordinates organized a secret spy network to gather intelligence in Manhattan and Long Island. Known today as the "Culper Spy Ring," Patriots like Abraham Woodhull and Robert Townsend risked their lives to report on British military operations in the region. Vital reports clandestinely traveled from New York City across the East River to Setauket and were rowed on whaleboats across the Long Island Sound to the Connecticut shore. Using ciphers, codes and invisible ink, the spy ring exposed British plans to attack French forces at Newport and a plot to counterfeit American currency. Author Bill Bleyer corrects the record, examines the impact of George Washington's Long Island spy ring and identifies Revolutionary War sites that remain today."--Back cover.

Author: Charles Allcott Flagg
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 1437481280
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 273

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