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Brooklyn's Barren Island : a forgotten history

Title
Brooklyn's Barren Island : a forgotten history / Miriam Sicherman.
Author
Sicherman, Miriam
Publication
  • Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2019.
  • ©2019

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Description
159 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits; 23 cm
Subject
  • Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.) > History
  • Floyd Bennett Field (New York, N.Y.)
  • 1900-1999
  • Islands > New York (State) > New York > History
  • Civilization
  • Islands
  • Manners and customs
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > History
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century
  • Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) > Civilization > 20th century
  • Jamaica Bay (N.Y.) > History
  • Kings County (N.Y.) > History
  • Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge (New York, N.Y.) > History
  • Atlantic Ocean > Jamaica Bay
  • New York (State) > Kings County
  • New York (State) > New York
  • New York (State) > New York > Brooklyn
  • New York (State) > New York > Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-155) and index.
Contents
Early history, landscape and population -- Outsiders and insiders -- Work -- Recreation and religion -- Municipal neglect -- Law and order -- Education -- The end of Barren Island.
ISBN
  • 9781467144315
  • 1467144312
OCLC
  • on1104924049
  • SCSB-9703627
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library