Description
Best known for Baby Boom-era housing developments that transformed potato fields and orchards into suburban sprawl, East Meadow's past is full of fascinating long-forgotten events.
- Rediscover violent feuds of jealous farmers, such as the love triangles of the 19th century Brower clan.
- Marvel at the unlikely escapades of eccentric millionaire Jacques Lebaudy, who believed he was a sovereign emperor while living in a Gilded Age Salisbury estate.
- Explore the exponential growth of one of New York's original school districts, full of political interference and drama that climaxed with a Pete Seeger performance sanctioned by the Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Author: Scott M. Eckers
Publisher: History Press
Published: 10/17/2022
Pages: 208
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.99lbs
Size: 8.94h x 6.10w x 0.45d
ISBN13: 9781467149624
ISBN10: 1467149624
BISAC Categories:
- History | United States | State & Local | Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD,
- Architecture | Buildings | Public, Commercial & Industrial
- History | United States | 20th Century