Landmarks & Historic Sites of Long Island

Brady, a resident of Long Island and retired executive in the transportation industry, takes readers on a tour of historic sites and landmarks in Nassau and Suffolk Counties in the towns of Hempstead, North Hempstead, Oyster Bay, Huntington, Babylon, Islip, Smithtown, Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold, East Hampton, and Southampton. Sites include St. Paul's School, the Vanderbilt Motor Parkway, Roosevelt Field, Saddle Rock Grist Mill, the John Philip Sousa House, the US Merchant Marine Academy, Fort Massapeag, Sagamore Hill, Grumman Aircraft Corporation, Walt Whitman's birthplace, Cold Spring Harbor Fish Hatchery and Laboratory, Vanderbilt Mansion, Fire Island Lighthouse, the Nike missile site, Port Jefferson, the Nikola Tesla Laboratory, Hallockville Museum and Farm, and the first US Navy submarine base, with details on their history and some b&w photos. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)