The stories in this book portray people and events from the island's earliest days, when it served Native Americans as a rich hunting, fishing and whaling site until the present day and its use as a U.S. National Seashore and National ...
Now, poet and scholar Jack Parlett tells the story of this iconic destination—its history, its meaning and its cultural significance—told through the lens of the artists and creators who sought refuge on its shores.
Fire Island: a slim strip of land off the coast of New York, and a place of hedonism, reinvention, liberation. Arriving on the island after a break-up back home in England, scholar and poet Jack Parlett was beguiled by what he found.
Fire Island continues to spark the imagination of tourists, vacationers, and residents alike who revel in the beauty of this unique place. Today, Fire Island is so many things to so many people.
- An exquisitely photographed ode to the spirit of gay life in The Pines on Fire Island, capturing the uniqueness and the sense of place that makes the island so specialPhotographer Alex Geana has captured the spirit of Fire Island over a ...
Fire Island
Fire Island
This book is illustrated with history of Fire Island.
Fire Island