Roger Mitchell writes with a poet's eye for exact detail in his absorbing new book about his search for Israel Johnson--a ghostly presence who comes to haunt the reader as much as he did the author. This book might easily be thought of as a detective story in which the detective discovers himself at the center of a seeming crime. It's a lovely book, richly layered and beautifully written.

Manufacturer: Syracuse University Press
Written By: Roger Mitchell

This is the true account of a remarkable Irish-American family, four generations of emigration and return, from Ireland to New York and back again. It is also the story of the author's sister, the late Deirdre O'Connell, founder and artistic director of the critically acclaimed Focus Theatre in Dublin-her marriage to popular singer Luke Kelly, her successes and failures and her remarkable and ...

Manufacturer: Liffey Pr
Written By: Geraldine O'Connell Cusack

Over 300 rare photographs, with detailed informative captions, recall Long Island's crucial role as center of early aviation. Exploits of Lindbergh, Curtiss, Doolittle, other pioneers. First "blind" flights, seaplanes, endurance records, technological breakthroughs, much more. Introduction. Map.

Manufacturer: Dover Publications
Written By: George C. Dade, Frank Strnad

An Act of Congress passed on 2 March 1819, called An Act to Regulate Passenger Ships and Vessels, required masters of ships arriving at American ports from abroad to submit a list of all ships' passengers to the Collector of the customs district in which the ship arrived. These lists-- Customs Passenger Lists--were collected at all ports of entry from 1820 onwards, and they mark the ...

Manufacturer: Genealogical Pub Co
Written By: Elizabeth Petty Bentley

A rich and spirited history of Greenwich Village's Golden Age and of the rebels, artists and eccentrics who made the Village the centre of America's bohemian and cultural life. It has been called 'the most significant square mile in American cultural history' and 'the place where everything happens first.' And while it may be true that 'Greenwich Village isn't what it used to be' (a phrase that ...

Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster
Written By: Ross Wetzsteon

The Rise and Fall of Artist's Soho documents how a little-known industrial neighborhood in New York unintentionally became-for a brief period-a lexus of creative activity. Part personal memoir, part cultural history, the book examines how a group of urban pioneers were able to transform a neighborhood, while also creating new and classic works of American art, music, dance, and theater.Taking ...

Manufacturer: Routledge
Written By: Ric Kostelanetz

Manufacturer: Chartwell Books
Written By: M. J. Howard

From its crystal headwaters at Lake Tear of the Clouds in the Adirondack Mountains to its majestic embrace by the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of New York Bay, the Hudson River is not only one of America's greatest waterways. The river and its valley are among America's greatest treasures—home to unrivalled natural beauty and a rich historic legacy that lives on in the great cities and small ...

Manufacturer: Fordham University Press
Written By: George Lankevich

Brooklyn - the word conjures up a host of images "The Honeymooners", Ebbets Field, Walt Whitman, "Saturday Night Fever" and the West Indian Carnival. Guiding us into this historical panorama through five larger-than-life points of entry including The Brooklyn Bridge, The Brooklyn Navy Yard, Coney Island, and the Brooklyn Dodgers, Ellen Snyder-Grenier highlights the people, events, and places that ...

Manufacturer: Temple University Press
Written By: Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier

Named one of the Ten Best Books about New York City by the New York Times

Manufacturer: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Written By: Diane Ravitch