Hidden History of Long Island Contributor(s): Panchyk, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467136271 ISBN-13: 9781467136273 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $21.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Travel | Pictorials (see Also Photography - Subjects & Themes - Regional) |
LCCN: 2016953389 |
Series: Hidden History |
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 6" W x 8.9" (0.60 lbs) 144 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Long Island's history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions and captivating characters. From Glenn Curtiss, the first pilot to fly a plane on the island, to Earle Ovington, who carried the country's first airmail, the |
Contributor Bio(s): Panchyk, Richard: - Richard Panchyk knew he wanted to be a writer by the time he was seven years old. He made his first sale, a four-page handwritten trivia booklet written on a folded piece of looseleaf paper in runny blue ink, to a third-grade classmate for a nickel. A native of Elmhurst, Queens, Richard attended the prestigious Stuyvesant High School, where he took a class on the history of New York, and has been fascinated by the area's past ever since. He printed a small book of his poems at the age of nineteen and published his first book at the age of twenty-one. Since then he has published twenty-seven books, for a total of more than three thousand pages, including five titles on Long Island's history and seven titles on New York City's history. His first book for The History Press was published in 2007. |