The Long Island Historical Journal
Title | The Long Island Historical Journal PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 526 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Long Island (N.Y.) |
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The Journal of Long Island History
Title | The Journal of Long Island History PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 152 |
Release | 1968 |
Genre | Long Island (N.Y.) |
ISBN |
Recent Articles on Long Island History
Title | Recent Articles on Long Island History PDF eBook |
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Pages | |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Long Island (N.Y.) |
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Long Island's Gold Coast Elite and the Great War
Title | Long Island's Gold Coast Elite and the Great War PDF eBook |
Author | Richard Welch |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 160 |
Release | 2021 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1467147036 |
At the outbreak of World War I, the Gold Coast of Long Island was home to the most concentrated combination of financial, political and social clout in the country. Bankers, movie producers, society glitterati, government officials and an ex-president mobilized to arrange massive loans, send supplies and advocate for the Allied cause. The efforts undercut the Wilson administration's official policy of neutrality and set the country on a course to war with Germany. Members of the activist families--including Morgans, Davisons, Phippses, Martins, Hitchcocks, Stimsons and Roosevelts--served in key positions or fought at the front. Historian Richard F. Welch reveals how a potent combination of ethno-sociological solidarity, clear-eyed geopolitical calculation and financial self-interest inspired the North Shore elite to pressure the nation into war.
History of Long Island
Title | History of Long Island PDF eBook |
Author | Benjamin Franklin Thompson |
Publisher | |
Pages | 556 |
Release | 1839 |
Genre | Long Island (N.Y.) |
ISBN |
The Journal of Long Island History
Title | The Journal of Long Island History PDF eBook |
Author | |
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Pages | 508 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Long Island (N.Y.) |
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Long Island's Vanished Heiress
Title | Long Island's Vanished Heiress PDF eBook |
Author | Steven C. Drielak |
Publisher | Arcadia Publishing |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2020-08-03 |
Genre | True Crime |
ISBN | 1439670331 |
A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents—includes photos. When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island’s wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months. J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Parsons’s husband and their live-in housekeeper, Anna Kupryanova, had become prime suspects. Botched ransom attempts, clashes between authorities, and romantic intrigue kept the investigation mired in drama. The crime remained unsolved. Now, in this book, former Suffolk County detective Steven C. Drielak reveals previously classified FBI documents—and pieces together the mystery of the Alice Parsons kidnapping.