Saving Fire Island from Robert Moses

Auteur

Christopher Verga is an instructor of Long Island History: Foundations of American History at Suffolk Community College and contributor to the online local news sites Greater Babylon, Greater Bay Shore and Greater Patchogue. His published works include Images of America: Civil Rights Movement on Long Island and Images of America: Bay Shore. Christopher has his educational doctorate from St John's University. His dissertation work was on Long Island Native Americans and the impact of tribal recognition within their cultural identity.

Texte du rabat

Describes the Fire Island community members' fight for federal government protection of their land against exploitation by New York public official Robert Moses.