Long Island History

Chapters

• Chapter 1: How the Land Was Formed

  • The Birth of Long Island
  • In the Belly Of the Earth
  • Ancient, Clean, Controversial

• Chapter 2: The Indians of Long Island

  • The First Long Islanders
  • Untangling a Myth
  • Masters of Agriculture

• Chapter 3: The Colonial Period

  • The Colonial Collision
  • Breuckelen Becomes Home
  • Dutch Settlers Left Their Mark

• Chapter 4: The Revolution

  • Christopher Vail's Revolution
  • The Plot to Kidnap Washington
  • The Patriots' First Big Test

• Chapter 5: Building a New Nation

  • An LI Victory Tour
  • Sag Harbor's Heyday
  • A Publisher's Ambitious Start

• Chapter 6: City and Suburb

  • Gateway to a Century
  • Home on the Plains
  • The Reign of the Pickle King

• Chapter 7: Modernization

  • The Age of the Auto
  • Dinner With Typhoid Mary
  • A Battle Over the Air Waves

• Chapter 8: The Birth of Suburbia and the Boom Years

  • The New Frontier
  • The Hunger for Learning
  • A Shopping Giant Arrives

• Chapter 9: Long Island Transformed

  • Beyond the Boom
  • Land of Limits
  • The Horrors In Amityville