Starting From Staten Island
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Starting From Staten Island
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Author : George T. Wright
language : en
Publisher: Wheatmark, Inc.
Release Date : 2014
Starting From Staten Island written by George T. Wright and has been published by Wheatmark, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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 S Greek Community
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Author : Christine Victoria Charitis
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2005
Staten Island S Greek Community written by Christine Victoria Charitis and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
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.
Hidden History Of Staten Island
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Author : Theresa Anarumo & Maureen Seaberg
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2017
Hidden History Of Staten Island written by Theresa Anarumo & Maureen Seaberg and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with History categories.
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 authors Theresa Anarumo and Maureen Seaberg as they document the hidden history of Staten Island.
Staten Island Trivia
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Author : John Louis Sublett
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2013-09-30
Staten Island Trivia written by John Louis Sublett and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-09-30 with History categories.
If you have any connection to Staten Island, be it past or present, if you have family or friends that have moved away and miss our Old Staten Island, this book is for you. With over 350 questions and answers about our islands past, it will be great sharing it with all who still live on Staten Island and all the expatriates. In the nine years since I started my 'Old Staten Island' website (www.statenislandhistory.com), I have been asked many questions about our islands past. With all the research I have done for my first four books and the start of my new facebook page about Staten Island memories came a plethora of answers to those questions. A few visitors to my facebook page brought up the idea of a trivia book on Staten Island which led to this book. I have to thank all the visitors to the facebook page and to my website for the many questions and suggestions which helped this publication along to fruition. I need to express my gratitude to Dan Blaine. He kindly consented to the use of his many questions from a blog he started in 1995. His site was called SI NosTrivia Forum, he would come up with a series of questions about people, places and events from Staten Island's past and people would try to answer them. Not only did I have a blast putting this book together, but the knowledge I gained about our island was priceless. Hopefully the answers to the questions are all accurate. I tried my best to research the answers and many times I reached out to get help with the answers. Here's hoping you enjoy this book as much as I have in putting it together.
Staten Island
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Author : Daniel C. Kramer
language : en
Publisher: University Press of America
Release Date : 2012-05-04
Staten Island written by Daniel C. Kramer and has been published by University Press of America this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-05-04 with History categories.
Staten Island is New York City’s smallest yet fastest growing borough: a conservative, suburban community of nearly a half a million on the fringe of the nation’s most liberal, global city. Staten Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City chronicles how this “forgotten borough” has grappled with its uneasy relationship with the rest of the City of New York since the 1920s. Daniel C. Kramer and Richard M. Flanagan analyze the politics behind events that have shaped the borough, such as the opening of the Verrazano Bridge and the closure of the Fresh Kills Landfill. Lost opportunities are discussed, including the failure to construct a rail link to the other boroughs of New York, to adequately plan for the explosive housing boom in recent decades and, some say, to create an independent City of Staten Island. Unlike much of New York City, Staten Island is a place with robust party competition and lively democratic politics with hard-fought campaigns, bitter feuds, and career-ending scandals. Staten Island’s two most successful politicians of the twentieth century—Republicans John Marchi and Guy Molinari—defended the borough’s interests while defining an urban conservativism that would influence politics elsewhere. In fact, Staten Island has played a pivotal role in the winning electoral coalitions of Republican mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg and continues to spark the imaginations of New Yorkers on a scale that is disproportionate to the borough’s relatively small size. Staten Island: Conservative Bastion in a Liberal City will allow readers to gain access to the borough-based roots of New York City’s politics. This book will be of special interest to anyone who wishes to understand the dynamics of middle-class life and democratic representation in a global city.
Staten Island
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Author : Margaret Lundrigan
language : en
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Release Date : 2004
Staten Island written by Margaret Lundrigan and has been published by Arcadia Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Lying at the entrance to one of the world's greatest natural harbors, Staten Island has been a most alluring destination ever since Giovanni da Verrazano set eyes upon it in 1524. Even before Colonial times the borough played a significant role in our nation's development economically, culturally, and historically. From Revolutionary battles to Civil War draft riots, while hosting iconic businesses or creating inspiration for the likes of Olmsted and Thoreau, the island has cultivated a prolific and distinguished past that reflects the passion of the American spirit.
The Swing Voter Of Staten Island
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Author : Arthur Nersesian
language : en
Publisher: Akashic Books
Release Date : 2008-10-01
The Swing Voter Of Staten Island written by Arthur Nersesian and has been published by Akashic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-01 with Fiction categories.
The paperback edition of Nersesian's exalted novel published simultaneously with the second installment in Nersesian's The Five Books of Moses series (see previous page).
History Of Richmond County Staten Island New York
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Author : Richard Mather Bayles
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1887
History Of Richmond County Staten Island New York written by Richard Mather Bayles and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1887 with Richmond County (N.Y.) categories.
A Staten Island Ferry Tale
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Author : Catherine St. Jean
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2003-11-14
A Staten Island Ferry Tale written by Catherine St. Jean and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-11-14 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
Through the eyes of young Paul, we get to experience a trip to Manhattan from the pilot house of the Staten Island Ferry. Its a special trip for Paul, whos been invited by the Captain. He will get to pass his favorite ship, the grandest ocean liner of them all, the Queen Elizabeth 2 on her way out to sea. On board with Paul, young readers will learn facts about the Ferry itself, as well as the navigational and historical significance of New York Harbor. "A Staten Island Ferry Tale" is part of The Noble Maritime Collections Traveling Library on Staten Island.
Staten Island Memoirs
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Author : John Latka
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2006-03-30
Staten Island Memoirs written by John Latka and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-03-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
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.