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Staten Island Goes to War

Author : John Louis Sublett
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781508463672
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (636 download)

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Download or read book Staten Island Goes to War written by John Louis Sublett and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout our history, islanders have answered the call of duty in great numbers. As early as the Revolution, Staten Island played a major role in the worlds military conflicts. Soldiers of both the British Army and Navy were headquartered on Staten Island during the American Revolution. The Black Horse Tavern in New Dorp, as well as the Rose and Crown and the Fountain House, were occupied by the troops and their Tory supporters during the seven and a half war years that Staten Island was under martial law. During the Civil War, Union training camps popped up all over the island. The Civil War greatly affected the life of all on Staten Island. Economically, we suffered because business with the south was terminated. Staten Island ferries were even used in the Civil War. Our participation in World Wars 1 & 2 were not only in supplying troops but we had many residents employed in the shipyard and munitions factories here on the island. In one way or another Staten Island was effected by all the wars around the world.

The Recruitment of Troops on Staten Island During the Civil War

Author : William Frederic Reekstin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book The Recruitment of Troops on Staten Island During the Civil War written by William Frederic Reekstin and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

That Ever Loyal Island

Author : Phillip Papas
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814767664
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book That Ever Loyal Island written by Phillip Papas and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2009-03 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain for Phillip Papas's illuminating case study of the local dimensions of the Revolutionary War. Papas traces Staten Island's political sympathies not to strong ties with Britain, but instead to local conditions that favored the status quo instead of revolutionary change. With a thriving agricultural economy, stable political structure, and strong allegiance to the Anglican Church, on the eve of war it was in Staten Island's self-interest to throw its support behind the British, in order to maintain its favorable economic, social, and political climate. Over the course of the conflict, continual occupation and attack by invading armies deeply eroded Staten Island's natural and other resources, and these pressures, combined with general war weariness, created fissures among the residents of “that ever loyal island,” with Loyalist neighbors fighting against Patriot neighbors in a civil war. Papas’s thoughtful study reminds us that the Revolution was both a civil war and a war for independence—a duality that is best viewed from a local perspective.

Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century: From Boomtown to Forgotten Borough

Author : Joseph Borelli
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467150290
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Staten Island in the Nineteenth Century: From Boomtown to Forgotten Borough written by Joseph Borelli and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emerging from the Revolutionary War and the formation of a new nation, Staten Island was poised to enter the nineteenth century ripe for growth and prosperity. Fueled by waves of immigration, Richmond County became a boomtown of industry and transportation. Piloting his first ferry with just two small masts and eighteen-cent fares, Cornelius Vanderbilt built a transit empire from his native shores of Staten Island. When the Civil War erupted, Richmond played a key role in housing and training Union troops as 125 naval guns protected New York Harbor at the Narrows. At the close of the century, Staten Island was swept up in the politics of consolidation, with 84 percent of locals voting to join Greater New York, yet the promised benefits of a new mega-city never materialized. Author Joe Borelli charts the trials and triumphs of Staten Island in the nineteenth century.

Starting from Staten Island: Memories of Peace and War in the 1930s and 1940s

Author : George T. Wright
Publisher : Wheatmark, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1627871365
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (278 download)

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Download or read book Starting from Staten Island: Memories of Peace and War in the 1930s and 1940s written by George T. Wright and published by Wheatmark, Inc.. This book was released on 2014-09-14 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My earlier book, The Wrights of Vermont (Wheatmark, 2013), reported the search I began about ten years ago for my father's Vermont forebears. I had learned a lot, especially about my grandmother's heroic efforts to save her shaky marriage. Eventually she left Vermont to begin a new life on Staten Island for herself and her two sons, Dad and Uncle Ray. This book shows Dad and Mother starting their family on Staten Island and describes our home, our neighborhood, the boarding house where we sometimes dined, the schools we attended, the songs we sang, how we learned to think about money, work, fun, guilt, and politics, and our experience, especially mine, of illness, solitude, and books. Later chapters show our horizons expanding. They tell where we went on outings and how we spent our summers (ours at a riverside cottage near the New Jersey coast, and mine at an unusual summer camp in upstate New York), and they sketch the different world we found when we moved to Manhattan in 1941. I entered Columbia then and began to discover new realms of literature, philosophy, and music. Then at eighteen, with other young men of that time, I was swept up into military service in the U.S. Army and war in France and Germany.

Staten Island

Author : Daniel C. Kramer
Publisher : University Press of America
ISBN 13 : 0761858318
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)

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Download or read book Staten Island written by Daniel C. Kramer and published by University Press of America. This book was released on 2012 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report on Preliminary Examination of Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. May 28, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and Ordered to be Printed

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Author : United States. Congress. House
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 7 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting, with a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, Report on Preliminary Examination of Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. May 28, 1917. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and Ordered to be Printed written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 7 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Staten Island Noir

Author : Patricia Smith
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617751294
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (177 download)

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Download or read book Staten Island Noir written by Patricia Smith and published by Akashic Books. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a collection of short stories featuring noir and crime fiction about Staten Island, New York, by such authors as Todd Craig, Linda Nieves-Powell, S. J. Rozan, and Patricia Smith.

STATEN ISLAND MEMOIRS

Author : John Latka
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1418472131
Total Pages : 588 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (184 download)

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Download or read book STATEN ISLAND MEMOIRS written by John Latka and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2006-03-30 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lost love haunts many as they age, but ; in Staten Island Memoirs, Paris. Polanski creates a ficticious love affair with a beautiful face from the past; he cannot forget; Paris has led a full life that lacks only one thing - the love of a beautiful woman he met 43 years ago. The woman in question is the real life equivalent to Helen, the central character in the novel, modeled after the Greek Goddess Helen of Troy. The story opens with Paris Polanski in his home in Grant City, Staten Island. Not being able to find his long lost love, Paris creates a work of fiction in which he recreates his life by falling in love with, marrying and becoming part of Helen’s life, thus showing just how far one man's obsession will go to remove the sorrow of lost love. The story then goes back in time and continues Paris Polanski as a young man, secretly in love with a nameless, beautiful young woman. Shy and lacking self esteem, he is unable to express his feelings for her, and loses her to another man. After serving in the US Navy, Paris attends a New York City college and during one of his classes, he dreams of his ideal woman in the image and likeness of Helen of Troy. A year later, Paris sees the same young woman, Helen Jones, a student at Wilson College. She is smart, beautiful, and popular, and comes from a wealthy family. Paris on the other hand comes from a middle class family, dresses poorly, and is not blessed with the social graces; Engaged to a handsome young Ivy League attorney, Helen learns he has been cheating, and ends the relationship.

Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y.

Author : United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 21 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (269 download)

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Download or read book Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. written by United States. Army. Office of the Chief of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Battle Of Brooklyn 1776

Author : John J. Gallagher
Publisher : Da Capo Press
ISBN 13 : 0786751320
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Battle Of Brooklyn 1776 written by John J. Gallagher and published by Da Capo Press. This book was released on 2009-08-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Brooklyn, New York, for a few tense hours in 1776, the fate of the entire United States hung by a thread. The Battle of Brooklyn (sometimes called "The Battle of Long Island") has since come to be recognized as one of history's great battles. It was the largest clash of the Revolution, in terms of both troops and casualties, and it brought the fledgling American republic to the brink of disaster. At the height of the fighting, only the valiant sacrifice of one regiment--the Marylanders--staved off catastrophe. The British army, meanwhile, executed a three-pronged surprise assault with admirable professionalism, turning the wilds of Brooklyn into a killing ground for the British and Hessian troops. One can sympathize with the plight of George Washington, who, charged with the task of defeating the finest army of the Old World, had to mold citizen-soldiers from throughout the thirteen colonies--"patriots"--into a viable military force. At Brooklyn, the young American army did not quite meet its commander's expectations. Still, it remained in the field. And the evacuation conducted after the battle was a masterpiece of efficiency, ensuring that the New World's armed forces would fight another day. Thought the Battle of Brooklyn would prove a victory for the British Empire, it demonstrated to all the American resolve and courage that would eventually result in independence for the United States. "In his shot-by-shot account of the largest and bloodiest battle of the American Revolution, Gallagher recreates the fierce encounter of 27 August 1776 in which twenty thousand British, Hessian and Loyalist troops defeated ten thousand patriot soldiers. . . . the book offers many perceptive observations and the author succinctly summarizes the lessons derived . . . this book is recommended reading for those who cherish the heritage of the gallant 'rabble in arms' that risked all for American independence."-Long Island Historical Journal "Long neglected . . . the Battle of Brooklyn is given comprehensive coverage . . . using a lively writing style Gallagher makes it easy to visualize the actual skirmishes by providing interesting details." -Flintlock and Powderhorn

Revolutionary Staten Island: From Colonial Calamities to Reluctant Rebels

Author : Joe Borelli
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467147621
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (671 download)

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Download or read book Revolutionary Staten Island: From Colonial Calamities to Reluctant Rebels written by Joe Borelli and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020 with total page 1 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shores of Staten Island were one of the first places Giovanni da Verrazzano and Henry Hudson landed in North America, and they became a safe harbor for thousands of refugees fleeing religious conflicts in Europe. As Dutch Staaten Eylandt and then English Richmond County, the island played a vital role in colonial development of the continent and the American Revolution. Rebel raids along the kills and inlets kept British forces and local Tories constantly battling for position, while Hessian and British troops occupied the island longer than any other county during the war. Staten Island's strategic location was used to launch counterstrikes against Washington's forces in New Jersey, while Major General John Sullivan led Continental army troops in defeat at the Battle of Staten Island. Author Joe Borelli reveals the colonial history of Richmond County and its role in the fight for American independence.

The Bowery Boys

Author : Greg Young
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1612435769
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (124 download)

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Download or read book The Bowery Boys written by Greg Young and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2016-06-21 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uncover fascinating, little-known histories of the five boroughs in The Bowery Boys’ official companion to their popular, award-winning podcast. It was 2007. Sitting at a kitchen table and speaking into an old karaoke microphone, Greg Young and Tom Meyers recorded their first podcast. They weren’t history professors or voice actors. They were just two guys living in the Bowery and possessing an unquenchable thirst for the fascinating stories from New York City’s past. Nearly 200 episodes later, The Bowery Boys podcast is a phenomenon, thrilling audiences each month with one amazing story after the next. Now, in their first-ever book, the duo gives you an exclusive personal tour through New York’s old cobblestone streets and gas-lit back alleyways. In their uniquely approachable style, the authors bring to life everything from makeshift forts of the early Dutch years to the opulent mansions of The Gilded Age. They weave tales that will reshape your view of famous sites like Times Square, Grand Central Terminal, and the High Line. Then they go even further to reveal notorious dens of vice, scandalous Jazz Age crime scenes, and park statues with strange pasts. Praise for The Bowery Boys “Among the best city-centric series.” —New York Times “Meyers and Young have become unofficial ambassadors of New York history.” —NPR “Breezy and informative, crowded with the finest grifters, knickerbockers, spiritualists, and city builders to stalk these streets since back when New Amsterdam was just some farms.” —Village Voice “Young and Meyers have an all-consuming curiosity to work out what happened in their city in years past, including the Newsboys Strike of 1899, the history of the Staten Island Ferry, and the real-life sites on which Martin Scorsese’s Vinyl is based.” —The Guardian

Channel Between Staten Island and New Jersey

Author : United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (912 download)

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Download or read book Channel Between Staten Island and New Jersey written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brooklyn-Staten Island Vehicular Tunnel

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Staten Island's Greek Community

Author : Christine Victoria Charitis
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738538686
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (386 download)

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Download or read book Staten Island's Greek Community written by Christine Victoria Charitis and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early part of the 20th century, Staten Island experienced an influx of Greek immigrants drawn to America by the promise of abundant opportunities. They settled in the farms of New Springville and Bulls Head and in the busy life of Port Richmond. Staten Island's Greek Community highlights traditional aspects of Greek culture and exults in the Americanization, accomplishments, and contributions of this group. The historic images in this book capture familiar scenes such as Greek farms and roadside stands overflowing with succulent vegetables, truck farmers venturing into Manhattan to bring their produce to the Washington Market, and the Candy Kitchen in Port Richmond.

Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Dated March 4, 1938, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustration, on a Survey Of, and Review of Reports On, Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y ... March 23, 1938. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and Ordered to be Printed with Illustration

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Author : United States. Congress. House
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Total Pages : 21 pages
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Download or read book Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y. Letter from the Secretary of War, Transmitting a Letter from the Chief of Engineers, United States Army, Dated March 4, 1938, Submitting a Report, Together with Accompanying Papers and Illustration, on a Survey Of, and Review of Reports On, Great Kills, Staten Island, N.Y ... March 23, 1938. -- Referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors and Ordered to be Printed with Illustration written by United States. Congress. House and published by . This book was released on 1938 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: