This is a densely researched and comprehensive examination of the
deep history of the region from the time of European settlement to
the present day. Taking an expansive approach to local history, it
examines how the broad channels of the American narrative played
out in the development of an iconic region that became a prototype
for suburban living. The first modern narrative history of the
county, Westchester places its colorful characters and
larger-than-life personas within the context of their changing
times, recounting the county's social and economic history in
compelling, biographic detail. Drawn from letters, court records,
archives, oral histories and newspaper accounts, the book uncovers
a rich, complex and often surprising past that contradicts a
popular belief that the suburbs are somehow less compelling
subjects of historical inquiry than their big-city neighbors.
Forgotten or never-told stories of silent film stars, gangland
violence, Jim Crow segregation, immigration, political riots,
slavery, anti-Semitism, industry, cultural pioneers, eccentric
millionaires, suffragettes, aviation, drugs, jailbreaks, man-made
disasters and assassinations are recounted in depth. Through four
hundred years of history, the book chronicles the men and women who
faced countless struggles at home-and the global conflicts that
changed them and the local landscape forever. Their stories reveal
the layered past of New York City's archetypal suburb and how it
looks to the future.
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