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Author : Madeleine C. Johnson
Release : 1983
Genre : History
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Book Rating : /5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fire Island, 1650s-1980s by : Madeleine C. Johnson
Download or read book Fire Island, 1650s-1980s written by Madeleine C. Johnson. This book was released on 1983. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lee E. Koppelman
Release : 2008-02-14
Genre : Nature
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Book Rating : 429/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Fire Island National Seashore by : Lee E. Koppelman
Download or read book The Fire Island National Seashore written by Lee E. Koppelman. This book was released on 2008-02-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive account of the history of the Fire Island National Seashore since its creation in 1964.
Author : Jack Whitehouse
Release : 2008-12-23
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 023/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis 13 Legends of Fire Island by : Jack Whitehouse
Download or read book 13 Legends of Fire Island written by Jack Whitehouse. This book was released on 2008-12-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here are stories about Fire Islands pirates, ghosts, shipwrecks and treasure chests of buried gold and silver. One tale relates the story of the possibility of the Viking discovery of Fire Island; another describes the torture of the islands slave trade prison. There is a story of unrequited love in the smoldering aftermath of an important Revolutionary War battle and another of German submarine saboteurs of World War II. If you like horror and suspense, history and mystery, or if you simply enjoy Fire Island and the Great South Bay and want to take home a piece of it home with you, then you will love this anthology. These stories will kindle your interest in visiting new beach locations and spur your imagination with thoughts of what was, and what might well have been. Even if you have never visited the area before, these tales of universal human experience are bound to fascinate. You are certain to want to share 13 Legends of Fire Island and the Great South Bay with friends, after you can put it down, that is.
Author : Shoshanna McCollum
Release : 2012
Genre : History
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 335/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fire Island by : Shoshanna McCollum
Download or read book Fire Island written by Shoshanna McCollum. This book was released on 2012. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fire Island is a string of communities and parks, gay and straight bars, boats and bridges, beach umbrellas and bungalows--all bound together by the pristine white sand of the island's beach. This 32-mile-long barrier island off the coast of Long Island has been defined by legendary shipwrecks and heroic lifesaving in the 19th century, but also kindled by menacing storms and a web of sociological intrigue as an upwardly mobile American middle class sought out vacation homes and coastal recreation during the 20th century. From cholera protests at the Surf Hotel in 1892 to a grassroots campaign to prevent a highway that ultimately established Fire Island National Seashore in 1964, Fire Island's history is a grand melodrama that has caught world attention.
Author : Jack Parlett
Release : 2022-06-14
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 474/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Fire Island by : Jack Parlett
Download or read book Fire Island written by Jack Parlett. This book was released on 2022-06-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *A Town and Country Must-Read Book of Summer?* *A BUZZFEED BEST BOOK OF JUNE* *A Washington Post “Book to Read This Summer”* *AN ADVOCATE BEST LGBTQ+ BOOK OF 2022* *A USA Today "Book to Celebrate Pride Month"* *A New York Times "Editor's Pick"* *A Kirkus Reviews Hottest Book of Summer* A groundbreaking account of New York's Fire Island, chronicling its influence on art, literature, culture and queer liberation over the past century Fire Island, a thin strip of beach off the Long Island coast, has long been a vital space in the queer history of America. Both utopian and exclusionary, healing and destructive, the island is a locus of contradictions, all of which coalesce against a stunning ocean backdrop. Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination—its history, its meaning and its cultural significance—told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores. Together, figures as divergent as Walt Whitman, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, Carson McCullers, Frank O'Hara, Patricia Highsmith and Jeremy O. Harris tell the story of a queer space in constant evolution. Transporting, impeccably researched and gorgeously written, Fire Island is the definitive book on an iconic American destination and an essential contribution to queer history.
