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“barbara gottlock”

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  • Lost Amusement Parks of New York City

    Beyond Coney Island

    by Barbara Gottlock, Wesley Gottlock ...
    A historical tour of fun and frolic in the five boroughs—including photos from the good old days.Coney Island is an iconic symbol of turn-of-the-century New York—but many other amusement parks have thrilled the residents of the five boroughs.Strategically placed at the end of trolley lines, railways, public beaches, and waterways, these playgrounds for the rich and poor alike first appeared in ... Read more

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    Murder and the Birth of Forensic Medicine in Jazz Age New York

    by Deborah Blum ...
    **Equal parts true crime, twentieth-century history, and science thriller, The Poisoner's Handbook is "a vicious, page-turning story that reads more like Raymond Chandler than Madame Curie." —**The New York Observer**“The Poisoner’s Handbook breathes deadly life into the Roaring Twenties.” —Financial Times“Reads like science fiction, complete with suspense, mystery and foolhardy guys in lab coats ... Read more

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  • City in the Sky

    The Rise and Fall of the World Trade Center

    by James Glanz, Eric Lipton ...
    The definitive biography of the iconic skyscrapers and the ambitions that shaped them--from their dizzying rise to their unforgettable fallMore than a year after the nation began mourning the lives lost in the attacks on the World Trade Center, it became clear that something else was being mourned: the towers themselves. They were the biggest and brashest icons that New York, and possibly America, ... Read more

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  • The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway

    by James E. Casto ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    In the late 1860s, the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway (C&O) pushed its first tracks westward from Virginia's Tidewater region across the mountains into what was then the new state of West Virginia. Ultimately its tracks stretched across a half-dozen states and even into Canada. Appalachian coal was the C&O's primary cargo, but its fast freights carried shipments of all kinds, and its crack passenger ... Read more

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  • A History Lover's Guide to Washington, DC

    Designed for Democracy

    by Alison Fortier ...
    Experience the history of America's capitol with this uniquely engaging and informative guidebook.Alternating between site visits and brief historical narratives, this guide tells the story of Washington, DC, from its origins to current times. From George Washington's Mount Vernon to the Kennedy Center, trek through each era of the federal district, on a tour of America's most beloved sites. Go ... Read more

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  • The Kingdom of New York

    Knights, Knaves, Billionaires, and Beauties in the City of Big Shots

    by New York Observer ...
    The Kingdom of New York is rollicking insider;s history of contemporary New York, as seen through the lens of the city's most irreverent newspaper, the New York Observer. Handsomely designed with great drawings, cartoons, and other illustrations throughout and filled with the paper's unique attention to politics, status, and wealth, this unique insider's view features essays by Cynthia Ozick, Gay ... Read more

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  • Historically African American Leisure Destinations Around Washington, D.C.

    by Patsy Mose Fletcher ...
    Series series American Heritage
    From the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, African Americans in the Washington, D.C. area sought leisure destinations where they could relax without the burden of racial oppression. Local picnic parks such as Eureka and Madre's were accessible by streetcars. Black-owned steamboats ferried passengers seeking sun and sand to places like Collingwood Beach, and African American families ... Read more

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  • Haunted Gloucester, Salem and Cumberland Counties

    by Kelly Lin Gallagher-Roncace ...
    Series series Haunted America
    The Jersey Devil isn't the only supernatural entity that stalks the Garden State: Here are tales of pirates, patients, and prisoners, oh my!Few places are as obsessed with the paranormal as New Jersey, and the area once known as West Jersey is a hotbed of supernatural activity. The ghost of a young boy in Mannington appears to welcome guests and partygoers to a historic bed-and-breakfast. The ... Read more

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  • Village of Montgomery

    by Robert L. Williams, Marc Newman, Mayor Stephen Brescia ...
    Series series Images of America
    Noted for its picturesque historic districts and venerable homes, the village of Montgomery is nestled into northern Orange County, bounded by the Wallkill River in the shadow of the Comfort Hills. Filled with rare photographs dating from the 1870s to the present, Village of Montgomery focuses on the history of the hamlet and its churches, roads, businesses, schools, and cemeteries, providing ... Read more

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  • A Peculiar Mixture

    German-Language Cultures and Identities in Eighteenth-Century North America

    Edited by Jan Stievermann, Oliver Scheiding ...
    Series series Max Kade Research Institute
    Through innovative interdisciplinary methodologies and fresh avenues of inquiry, the nine essays collected in A Peculiar Mixture endeavor to transform how we understand the bewildering multiplicity and complexity that characterized the experience of German-speaking people in the middle colonies. They explore how the various cultural expressions of German speakers helped them bridge regional, ... Read more

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  • Lost Washington, D. C.

    by John DeFerrari ...
    The author of the popular blog "The Streets of Washington" shares new vignettes and reader favorites exploring the colorful history of America's capitol.In Lost Washington, D.C., John DeFerrari investigates the bygone institutions and local haunts of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Washington may seem eternal and unchanging with its grand avenues and stately monuments, but longtime locals ... Read more

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  • Long Island Rail Road Stations

    by David D. Morrison, Valerie Pakaluk ...
    Series series Images of Rail
    Chartered in 1834 to provide a route between New York City and Boston, the Long Island Rail Road ran from the Brooklyn waterfront through the center of Long Island to Greenport. The railroad served the agricultural market on Long Island until branches and competing lines eventually developed on the north and south shores of the island and several hundred passenger stations were built. After Penn ... Read more

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