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Governors Island Explorer's Guide: Adventure & History in New York Harbor
Governors Island is a 172-acre park just 800 yards from Manhattan. It was a military base for 200 years and only opened to the public in 2004. Today it draws 500,000 visitors a season. This insightful guidebook is for any visitor to the island: a bicyclist who just wants to enjoy five miles of car-free biking, the Civil War enthusiast that wants to visit Castle Williams and see where 1,000 Confederate soldiers were imprisoned, or families on a picnic. The author explores the history of the island, its place in New York and American government, and its long and distinguished military past. More than 80 locations are featured that visitors can explore—from forts to officers housing and much more.
- GenresHistory
144 pages, Paperback
First published February 1, 2016
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About the author
Kevin C. Fitzpatrick
13 books28 followersKevin C. Fitzpatrick is a New York author, public historian, and tour guide. Kevin is the author and editor of nine books that are all tied to New York history. His most recent is Dorothy Parker’s New York (Expanded Edition) from SUNY Press.
He is a fourth-generation New Yorker who launched his tour guide company Big Apple Fanatics Tours in 1999. Kevin leads city history walking tours and boat tours of Long Island.
Kevin launched the Dorothy Parker Society in 1998 and became the driving force in scores of projects around Parker’s legacy. The biggest was his campaign to bring Parker’s cremains from Baltimore to New York; he buried Parker’s urn next to her parents in 2020.
His books are always about New York: 111 Places in the Bronx That You Must Not Miss (Emons), is the first guidebook to the borough in fifty years. World War One New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great War (Globe Pequot Press) was timed to the centennial of the war and is the definitive study of Great War memorials in the region.
The Governors Island Explorer’s Guide (Globe Pequot) is the first and only guidebook to the beloved island in New York Harbor. It has more than one hundred locations and a full island history from the pre-colonial era to today.
Kevin is an expert on the Jazz Age and Speakeasy Era. Among his books are The Algonquin Round Table’s New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press), the only book that has a full history of the famous literary group from the 1920s, with biographies of all thirty members.
Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923 (Donald Books) collects 150,000 words of Dorothy Parker’s drama reviews. Kevin edited the work, wrote the introduction, extensive notes section, and the index. Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide (Lyons Press) collects seventy five drink recipes with anecdotes, stories, and references to the Prohibition Era.
A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York (Roaring Forties Press) was a hit with fans and provided a detailed overview of the writer and wit’s eventful life. The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry From America’s Most Famous Literary Circle (Donald Books) was co-edited with Nat Benchley, a grandson of Robert Benchley. This book is the first collection of writing by more than a dozen members of the “Vicious Circle” that met at the Algonquin Hotel.
Kevin has twice won the Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Book Writing by the Guides Association of New York City. He also shared in a third award with his friend Joanna Leban for their podcast.
Kevin is a graduate of Northeast Missouri State University. He worked in newspapers, television, magazines, advertising, marketing, and a myriad of other schemes for low pay. He is the Shepherd (president) of The Lambs and is affiliated with many other fine organizations.
He is a fourth-generation New Yorker who launched his tour guide company Big Apple Fanatics Tours in 1999. Kevin leads city history walking tours and boat tours of Long Island.
Kevin launched the Dorothy Parker Society in 1998 and became the driving force in scores of projects around Parker’s legacy. The biggest was his campaign to bring Parker’s cremains from Baltimore to New York; he buried Parker’s urn next to her parents in 2020.
His books are always about New York: 111 Places in the Bronx That You Must Not Miss (Emons), is the first guidebook to the borough in fifty years. World War One New York: A Guide to the City’s Enduring Ties to the Great War (Globe Pequot Press) was timed to the centennial of the war and is the definitive study of Great War memorials in the region.
The Governors Island Explorer’s Guide (Globe Pequot) is the first and only guidebook to the beloved island in New York Harbor. It has more than one hundred locations and a full island history from the pre-colonial era to today.
Kevin is an expert on the Jazz Age and Speakeasy Era. Among his books are The Algonquin Round Table’s New York: A Historical Guide (Lyons Press), the only book that has a full history of the famous literary group from the 1920s, with biographies of all thirty members.
Dorothy Parker Complete Broadway, 1918-1923 (Donald Books) collects 150,000 words of Dorothy Parker’s drama reviews. Kevin edited the work, wrote the introduction, extensive notes section, and the index. Under the Table: A Dorothy Parker Cocktail Guide (Lyons Press) collects seventy five drink recipes with anecdotes, stories, and references to the Prohibition Era.
A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York (Roaring Forties Press) was a hit with fans and provided a detailed overview of the writer and wit’s eventful life. The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry From America’s Most Famous Literary Circle (Donald Books) was co-edited with Nat Benchley, a grandson of Robert Benchley. This book is the first collection of writing by more than a dozen members of the “Vicious Circle” that met at the Algonquin Hotel.
Kevin has twice won the Apple Award for Outstanding Achievement in Non-Fiction Book Writing by the Guides Association of New York City. He also shared in a third award with his friend Joanna Leban for their podcast.
Kevin is a graduate of Northeast Missouri State University. He worked in newspapers, television, magazines, advertising, marketing, and a myriad of other schemes for low pay. He is the Shepherd (president) of The Lambs and is affiliated with many other fine organizations.
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February 4, 2023
Everything you ever wanted to know about Governor's Island since the Dutch first came to the Manhattan area. The book includes an in-depth description of the buildings and their uses.
This brought back fond memories because I lived on Governor's Island as a child when the First Army had its base at Ft. Jay!
This brought back fond memories because I lived on Governor's Island as a child when the First Army had its base at Ft. Jay!
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