New York City's Hart Island: A Cemetery of Strangers - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467144049ISBN-10:1467144045UPC:9781467144049Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Historical, United States, BuildingsBook Topic:State & Local, Landmarks & MonumentsSize:9.00 x 6.10 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC1TAWA3DH
New York City's Hart Island: A Cemetery of Strangers
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 became the repository for New York City's unclaimed dead. The island's mass graves are a microcosm of New York history, from the 1822 burial crisis to casualties of...
Series: Landmarks
Language:EnglishPublisher:History PressISBN-13:9781467144049ISBN-10:1467144045UPC:9781467144049Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, History, ArchitectureBook Subcategory:Historical, United States, BuildingsBook Topic:State & Local, Landmarks & MonumentsSize:9.00 x 6.10 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SC1TAWA3DH
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...
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