Long Island: An Illustrated History [Hardcover]

Robert B. MacKay (Editor), Richard F. Welch (Editor)

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Publication Date: October 2000

Long Island: An Illustrated History

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: American Historical Press (October 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1892724146
• ISBN-13: 978-1892724144
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,041,383 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Local History, National Implications, December 22, 2000

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Christopher T. Cory (New York, NY USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Island: An Illustrated History (Hardcover)

This is a coffeetable-size book that won't require coffee to read and enjoy. With luscious historical and contemporary illustrations, it takes a serious look at the early rural history and the pell-mell modern development of one of the most populous regions of the country -- "perhaps the definitive suburb." The book ranges from Brooklyn to Montauk. It is produced in cooperation with the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities, and the authors clearly know whereof they speak. "Chronicles of leadership," a final chapter, has well-illustrated profiles of local civic institutions and businesses, prepared by them, that turn up a surprising variety of facts about organizations from Brookhaven National Laboratory and Long Island University to Computer Associates International and Marders Nursery.