| New York City's Hart Island: A Cemetery of Strangers Contributor(s): Keene, Michael T. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1467144045 ISBN-13: 9781467144049 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $19.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Architecture | Buildings - Landmarks & Monuments |
| Dewey: 974.71 |
| LCCN: 2019945074 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.1" W x 9" (0.90 lbs) 192 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Just off the coast of the Bronx in Long Island Sound sits Hart Island, where more than one million bodies are buried in unmarked graves. Beginning as a Civil War prison and training site and later a psychiatric hospital, the location b |
Contributor Bio(s): Keene, Michael T.: - Michael T. Keene is the author of eight books about unusual but true stories. Michael is also the producer of the documentary video Visions: True Stories of Spiritualism, Secret Societies, and Murder, as well as eight audio books. Although employed for more than twenty-five years as a financial advisor, Michael has combined his interest in local history, writing, music and filmmaking to explore unique and fascinating chapters of nineteenth-century New York folklore and stranger-than-life legends. The events that bubbled out of this period included the Anti-Masonic movement, the origins of the modern Spiritualist and paranormal movements and the women�s rights and antislavery movements, as well as the founding of seven new religions and utopian communes. His �Talking Hart Island� podcast delves deeper into the book�s content and can be found at michaeltkeene.com and major podcast platforms. |