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Long Island's Gold Coast Elite and the Great War

Author : Richard Welch

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 39,55 MB

Release : 2021

Category : History

ISBN : 1467147036

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At the outbreak of World War I, the Gold Coast of Long Island was home to the most concentrated combination of financial, political and social clout in the country. Bankers, movie producers, society glitterati, government officials and an ex-president mobilized to arrange massive loans, send supplies and advocate for the Allied cause. The efforts undercut the Wilson administration's official policy of neutrality and set the country on a course to war with Germany. Members of the activist families--including Morgans, Davisons, Phippses, Martins, Hitchcocks, Stimsons and Roosevelts--served in key positions or fought at the front. Historian Richard F. Welch reveals how a potent combination of ethno-sociological solidarity, clear-eyed geopolitical calculation and financial self-interest inspired the North Shore elite to pressure the nation into war.



Long Island and World War I

Author : Richard F. Welch

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 144 pages

File Size : 30,66 MB

Release : 2018

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 1467138886

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Nassau and Suffolk Counties answered the call to service during the First World War. As young men entered the armed forces, existing facilities such as Camp Mills and Hazelhurst Field were expanded, while Camp Upton, a massive training center, was created almost overnight. Long Islanders demonstrated enthusiastic support for the war through patriotic rallies, subscriptions to Liberty and Victory Loan drives and establishing recreation centers for troops called "soldiers' clubs." While Long Island factories turned out torpedoes, freighters and clothing, the Island's vibrant agricultural sector contributed significantly to the nation's food supplies. Author and historian Richard Welch explores the impact of the Great War on Long Island.







The Historical Journal

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Page : 436 pages

File Size : 50,47 MB

Release : 1888

Category : Pennsylvania

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The Historical Journal

Author : John Franklin Meginness

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Page : 434 pages

File Size : 11,15 MB

Release : 1888

Category : Pennsylvania

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Long Island's Vanished Heiress

Author : Steven C. Drielak

Publisher : Arcadia Publishing

Page : 200 pages

File Size : 38,22 MB

Release : 2020-08-03

Category : True Crime

ISBN : 1439670331

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A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents—includes photos. When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island’s wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months. J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Parsons’s husband and their live-in housekeeper, Anna Kupryanova, had become prime suspects. Botched ransom attempts, clashes between authorities, and romantic intrigue kept the investigation mired in drama. The crime remained unsolved. Now, in this book, former Suffolk County detective Steven C. Drielak reveals previously classified FBI documents—and pieces together the mystery of the Alice Parsons kidnapping.