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Fire Island's Surf Hotel and other hostelries on Fire Island beaches in the nineteenth century
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- Creator
- Harry W. Havemeyer
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Mattituck, N.Y. : Amereon House, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- xi, 178 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 22 cm
- ISBNs
- 084883237X, 9780848832377
- OCLC
- ocm71267603
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-163) and index.
- Part I. The Surf Hotel. Beaches, inlets and storms -- The Dominy House 1844-1879 -- Early resorts -- David S.S. Sammis 1818-1865 : the early years -- The Surf Hotel 1865-1892 -- Guests at the Surf Hotel -- The partition of Fire Island -- The fish factories and the fishing pier -- The life-saving stations -- The great cholera scare : the Surf Hotel 1892 and afterwards -- The death of David Sammis 1895 -- The end for the Surf Hotel
- Part II. Other Great South Bay hostelries. Islands north of the barrier beach -- Cherry Grove, Captree and Short Beach Islands -- Oak Island -- Oak Beach -- Muncie and Cedar Islands -- Dominy House 1870-1903 -- Point O' Woods : the Chautauqua Experiment 1894-1897 -- Epilogue : the twentieth century
Subjects
- Hotels -- New York (State) -- Fire Island (Island) -- History -- 19th century.
- Seaside resorts -- New York (State) -- Fire Island (Island) -- History -- 19th century.
- Beaches -- New York (State) -- Fire Island (Island) -- History -- 19th century.
- Authors, American -- New York (State) -- Long Island.
- Fire Island (N.Y. : Island) -- History -- 19th century.
- Fire Island (N.Y. : Island) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
- Great South Bay (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.
- Long Island (N.Y.) -- History -- 19th century.