World War I New York - A Guide to the City''s Enduring Ties to the Great War

Informationen zum Autor Kevin C. Fitzpatrick is a licensed New York City Sightseeing Guide who has conducted city walking tours since 1999. He is the author of The Governors Island Explorer's Guide (Globe Pequot) and has been leading walking tours of the Island since 2010. He has written The Algonquin Round Table New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press) and four other books about New York. Fitzpatrick served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1984-1989. Born in Baltimore, he resides on the Upper West Side and Shelter Island, NY. Fitzpatrick is a member of The Lambs and the Guides Association of New York City. Klappentext American involvement in World War I started and ended in New York Harbor. In 1917 many troops departed from the city which would be an important hub throughout the war as recruiting and patriotic efforts continued. Following the Armistice in 1918, more memorials were erected to World War I veterans than for any other event. Now on the centennial, e

Product details

• Authors: Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2017
• EAN: 9781493028030
• ISBN: 978-1-4930-2803-0
• No. of pages: 200
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; New York, New York City, Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, First World War, America, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, TRAVEL / Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, HISTORY / Military / United States, NYC, United States, WW1, History of the Americas, WWI, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), Soldiers, World War I, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, Veterans, The Big Apple, New York City travel, military travel, History travel, World War 1, Miltary, World War One