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The hundreds of rural cemeteries in Update New York are the bucolic final resting places of a plethora of legendary Americans from the recent and distant past. For over a decade, Chuck D’Imperio traveled to research the beautiful and historic region in search of some of the most famous (and infamous) figures in American history.The product of this labor of love is Great Graves of Upstate New York: Final Resting Places of 70 True American Legends.Many of the names are familiar to any American—William Rockefeller, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain), Frederick Douglass, Lucille Ball, and Harriet Tubman, and four U.S. presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, and Chester Arthur.An equally colorful host of local characters who shaped the culture of Update New York are also featured, including: Kate Smith, “The God Bless America Girl”; mafia figure Joe “Joe the Barber” Barbara; Dr. Mary Walker, America’s only female Congressional Medal of Honor winner; Jennie Grossinger, “The Catskill’s Innkeeper”; and Ernie Davis, “The Pride of the Syracuse Orangemen.” From Syracuse to West Point to Binghamton, and on to Cooperstown, Niagara Falls, and Lake Placid, Great Graves of Upstate New York is not only a fact-filled volume on the region’s cemeteries, museums, and historical sites, but a peek into the lives of 70 distinguished individuals who have shaped American history.
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Chuck D’Imperio is a long-time broadcaster on WDOS/WSRK radio at the Ultimate Broadcasting Network in Central New York. He has been a contributing writer for national and state magazines and for the Gannett News Corporation. Chuck has had a long love of history and New York State folklore and has been researching the graves of the famous in New York for more than a decade. A popular free-lance writer, Chuck’s articles, titled “Where Legends Lie,” were featured in New York Alive and Kaatskill Life magazines for years. His articles were praised and well-received by his many readers.He also is the author of a wonderful two-volume edition of memories of growing up in small-town America: Sidney, As I Remember It and Lucky in Time, Lucky In Place. He was inducted into the New York State Country Music Hall of Fame as “DJ of the Year” in 2000. He is a bona fide 1977 winner of the classic TV program, The Gong Show, receiving a perfect score for his powerful and touching rendition of “Bad, Bad LeRoy Brown” while singing naked in a shower on national television! He and his wife, Trish, reside in Oneonta, NY. They are the parents of Frances, Katie, Abby and Joey. The D’Imperios are also the proud owners of CooperstownWalks!, where they host guided historical walking tours of Cooperstown, NY (www.CooperstownWalks.com).
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- EditorialRooftop Pub
- Año de publicación2007
- ISBN 10 1600080200
- ISBN 13 9781600080203
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Great Graves of Upstate New York: Final Resting Places of 70 True American Legends
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Great Graves of Upstate New York: Final Resting Places of 70 True American Legends
Publicado por
Rooftop Publishing
(2007)
ISBN 10: 1600080200
ISBN 13: 9781600080203
Antiguo o usado
Paperback
Cantidad disponible: 1
Librería:
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Descripción Paperback. Condición: VG. Solid retired library book with usual library treatments; else VG. Text free of underlining, writing and highlighting. Overall, a very nice clean copy. The hundreds of rural cemeteries in Upstate New York are the bucolic final resting places of a plethora of legendary Americans from the recent and distant past. For over a decade, Chuck D'Imperio traveled to research the beautiful and historic region in search of some of the most famous (and infamous) figures in American history. The product of this labor of love is Great Graves of Upstate New York: Final Resting Places of 70 True American Legends. Many of the names are familiar to any American William Rockefeller, Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain), Frederick Douglass, Lucille Ball, and Harriet Tubman, and four U.S. presidents: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Martin Van Buren, Millard Fillmore, and Chester Arthur. An equally colorful host of local characters who shaped the culture of Upstate New York are also featured, including: Kate Smith, "The God Bless America Girl"; mafia figure Joe "Joe the Barber" Barbara; Dr. Mary Walker, America's only female Congressional Medal of Honor winner; Jennie Grossinger, "The Catskill's Innkeeper"; and Ernie Davis, "The Pride of the Syracuse Orangemen." From Syracuse to West Point to Binghamton, and on to Cooperstown, Niagara Falls, and Lake Placid, Great Graves of Upstate New York is not only a fact-filled volume on the region's cemeteries, museums, and historical sites, but a peek into the lives of 70 distinguished individuals who have shaped American history. Editorial Reviews About the Author Chuck D'Imperio lives and works in Oneonta, serving as a morning radio host for WDOS-AM. 168 pages. Nº de ref. del artículo: 058072
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