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Long Island's history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions, and captivating characters. In this book, Richard Panchyk reveals the rapidly vanishing traces of Long Island's intriguing history.

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Long Island's history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions, and captivating characters.

From Glenn Curtiss, the first pilot to fly a plane on the island, to Earle Ovington, who carried the country's first airmail, the area has been known as the cradle of aviation. Millionaire William K. Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway, remnants of which still remain, was the nation's first highway. The desolate ruins of an exiled Albanian king's estate lie in the midst of the woods of the Muttontown Preserve. Captain William Kidd, pirate chaser turned pirate, is rumored to have buried treasure on the island. Richard Panchyk reveals the rapidly vanishing traces of Long Island's intriguing history.

Hidden History of Long Island

Author Richard Panchyk

Narrated by Troy Allan

Publication date Oct 7, 2025

Running time 4 hrs

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