Constitution Island
Constitution Island

Author: Ronnie Clark Coffey

Publisher: Arcadia Publishing

Published: 2008-07-14

Total Pages: 132

ISBN-13: 1439620245

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Rugged in beauty and rich in history, Constitution Island lies at a picturesque bend of the Hudson River, opposite West Point and north of New York City. As the location of the first fortifications built to defend American independence, it was the anchor site of the great chain, which stretched across the Hudson to impede British passage. During the 19th century, it was the home of two extraordinary sisters, Susan and Anna Warner. Raised in wealth and comfort, they struggled with their fathers economic ruin during the panic of 1837. Accomplished and resourceful, they turned to writing for a living. Susans best-selling novel, The Wide, Wide World, made her a celebrity, while her sister Annas hymn, Jesus Loves Me, became known around the globe. In 1916, a devoted group of friends and admirers began a volunteer organization, the Constitution Island Association, to preserve the home, gardens, and memory of the Warner sisters and their historic island.

Constitution Island
Constitution Island

Author: Stuyvesant Fish

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2016-09-05

Total Pages: 24

ISBN-13: 9781333473686

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Excerpt from Constitution Island: Written for the Historical Society of Newburgh Bay and the Highlands, at Newburgh, in the County of Orange, New York My good friend, Mr. David Barclay, has been kind enough to ask me to write a Short article on Constitution Island, that bold. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.