Christopher Verga: 3 books
Saving Fire Island from Robert Moses
The Fight for a National Seashore
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2019
With its unspoiled, tranquil shorelines, Fire Island has been an oasis for vacationers for more than 150 years. To the polarizing "master builder" Robert Moses, its coastline was ripe for the construction of an Ocean Parkway extension. Standing up to those ambitions were the seventeen individualistic...
by Christopher Verga, Neil Buffett
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Known as Penataquit among the Secatogue Indians, Bay Shore was established in 1708. Since then, the hamlet of Bay Shore has developed a rich heritage through embracing the tapestry of multiculturalism and utilizing its natural resources to build a vibrant, enduring community. Residents have borne...
by Christopher Claude Verga, African American Museum of Nassau County
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2016
Long Island has been in the corridors of almost all major turning points of American history, but Long Island has been overlooked as a battleground of the civil rights movement. Since early colonization by the English settlers in the 17th century, the shadow of slavery has bequeathed a racial caste system...