Strange New York and Long Island History, Travel Guide and Legends - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Strange New York and Long Island History, Travel Guide and Legends write by Long Island Dolls. This book was released on 2017-04-24. Strange New York and Long Island History, Travel Guide and Legends available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I was born on Long Island, New York. I love New York and I love history. As I started to think about the next book I wanted to write, I thought to myself, why not bring my two loves together. In this book, you will find cool, interesting and sometimes strange facts about the New York and Long Island area. All these facts and stories are all true. Dive into the world of Ghosts, early New York History, strange tales about some of the founders of New York and more. And most of all a traveler's guide!
Weird New York
Weird New York - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Weird New York write by Chris Gethard. This book was released on 2005. Weird New York available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book is a travel guide of sorts to New York's local legends and best kept secrets, filled with crazy characters, cursed roads, abandoned sites, and bizarre roadside attractions that the author feels reflect the shared modern folklore of our time.
Historic Haunts of Long Island
Historic Haunts of Long Island - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Historic Haunts of Long Island write by Kerriann Flanagan Brosky. This book was released on 2015-09-14. Historic Haunts of Long Island available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Take a ghostly journey through Long Island’s history—photos included! Ghosts lurk at the Execution Rocks Lighthouse, where Revolutionary War Patriots were brutally tortured and killed by the British during the Battle of Long Island. Popular gathering places have otherworldly tenants, including Bayport’s Grey Horse Tavern and the Cutchogue Village Green, where several old buildings—and their former inhabitants—are preserved. Long Island’s history, dating all the way back to its Native American legends, is unearthed and preserved through its ghost stories and the spirits that have made their presence known. Through extensive research, interviews, and investigations, award-winning author and historian Kerriann Flanagan Brosky, alongside medium and paranormal investigator Joe Giaquinto, uncovers Long Island's eerie history.
Long Island Oddities
Long Island Oddities - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Long Island Oddities write by John Leita. This book was released on 2013-05-14. Long Island Oddities available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. John and Laura Leita delve in to the oddities that make Long Island unique and it may be more odd than you thought possible! Long Island's history is well known, but often overlooked are the island's unique and bizarre stories and treasures--the most interesting locations and darkest legends. From hidden haunts and legends like the Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma to well-known events like the Amityville Horror House murders, this collection chronicles the tales of restless spirits, unrequited loves and otherworldly visits that riddle the island. There is much to be seen along the roadside, too, including the beloved Big Duck, the Riverhead Indian and even the grave site of Nixon's dog, Checkers. Through history, pictures and the personal experiences of a ten-year endeavor, authors John and Laura Leita brings to life Long Island's abandoned structures, including psychiatric hospitals and other ruins waiting to be rediscovered. Join the Leitas as they go in search of the delightfully quirky side of Long Island.
Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island
Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island write by Ralph F. Brady. This book was released on 2012-07-17. Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
