Staten Island Stories

Author : Claire Jimenez
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN 13 : 1421434156
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Staten Island Stories written by Claire Jimenez and published by Johns Hopkins University Press. This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales, this collection of loosely linked tragicomic short stories travels across time to explore defining moments in the island's history, from the 2003 Staten Island Ferry crash and the New York City blackout to the growing opioid and heroin crisis, Eric Garner's murder, and the 2016 presidential election.

Author : Patricia Smith
Publisher : Akashic Books
ISBN 13 : 1617751294
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( 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.

Author : Lynda Lee Macken
Publisher : Black Cat Press (NJ)
ISBN 13 : 9780970071804
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunted History of Staten Island written by Lynda Lee Macken and published by Black Cat Press (NJ). This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eddie Joyce
Publisher : Viking
ISBN 13 : 0525427295
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Small Mercies written by Eddie Joyce and published by Viking. This book was released on 2015 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Ten years after the loss of Bobby--the Amendola family's youngest son--everyone is still struggling to recover from the firefighter's unexpected death. Bobby's mother Gail; his widow Tina; his older brothers Peter, the corporate lawyer, and Franky, the misfit; and his father Michael have all dealt with their grief in different ways. But as the family gathers together for Bobby Jr.'s birthday party, they must each find a way to accept a new man in Tina's life while reconciling their feelings for their lost loved one"--

Author : Bruce Kershner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780787248918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Secret Places of Staten Island written by Bruce Kershner and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Charles Gilbert Hine
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Legends, Stories and Folklore of Old Staten Island: The North Shore written by Charles Gilbert Hine and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Joe Borelli
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467147621
Total Pages : 1 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( 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.

Author : Patricia M. Salmon
Publisher : Murder & Mayhem
ISBN 13 : 9781626197558
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Staten Island Slayings written by Patricia M. Salmon and published by Murder & Mayhem. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Staten Island saw its share of violence and murder as it transformed from a sleepy community to an urban outer borough. The 1920 discovery of a woman's body by two young boys walking their dog remains unsolved. An inmate at Sailors' Snug Harbor--a retirement home for seamen--shot a preacher in cold blood. Shocking and horrific stories of killers and their victims such as these plague Staten Island's otherwise pleasant past. From the handsome soldier convicted of his Russian wife's shooting in New Dorp Beach to the New Brighton guard beaten to death while protecting seized whiskey during Prohibition, local historian Patricia Salmon uncovers Staten Island's most chilling tales of infamous and long-forgotten acts of violence.

Author : Jenny Tango
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780738513140
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Jewish Community of Staten Island written by Jenny Tango and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2004 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a small group of Jewish immigrants carved out their own vibrant community in Staten Island. Jewish settlers clustered around the Arietta Street, St. George, Bergen Point, and Perth Amboy ferries and built seven synagogues and a Jewish community center. Jewish dry goods, candy, hardware, and men's furnishings stores sprung up along the major shopping areas of Jersey Street and Richmond Avenue. As the Jewish population grew, it expanded into new developments in Willowbrook, Eltingville, and Arden Heights and was able to support a Jewish elementary school.

Author : John Louis Sublett
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781440443503
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Staten Island written by John Louis Sublett and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Were there really four airports here? Was the Staten Island Airport shut down each night to ensure no peril to the patrons of the drive-in theater? Is there truly a 150 foot dormant tunnel under the harbor between Staten Island and Brooklyn with the entrance capped in Brooklyn? In the 1930's, Which of Staten Island's best known restaurateurs, bought a house across the street from his famous restaurant and built a 200-foot tunnel between the house and the restaurant so that he could safely carry the day's receipts from the restaurant to his home. Did President John Kennedy, sip coffee at the St. George ferry terminal? Can you believe that a famous Island milk company resorted to rowboats to delivery milk to areas from Oakwood to Midland Beach during some of the worst storms to every hit that area? Did Buffalo Bill Cody and Annie Oakley have a Wild West show in 1886 down at Erastina (Mariners Harbor)? In what year was a bomb actually exploded on a Staten Island Ferry?