My latest book is out!
It’s the true story of Ravenswood, a 19th century playground of the rich and fabulous on Queens’ western coast — two miles of unspoiled beaches with zillion-dollar views of Manhattan, dotted with quirky palaces and exotic gardens spoken of with reverence and envy for decades. From 1835 to 1860, a flood of well-heeled New Yorkers fleeing the cholera epidemics created what became the city’s hottest neighborhood. And then a crook named Thomas Rainey came to town, and it vaporized.
What happened to Ravenswood was a crime. Literally.
Ravenswood is one of the least documented, most chaotically short-lived, totally misunderstood settlements in all of modern history. New research and never-before-published images in Ravenswood: The Lost Paradise bring the decadence inside its vanished mansions back to life. Parties! Bribes! Grifts! Arson! Espionage! Fake deaths! Real murders! Free love! Tons of gunpowder in a room with a lit stove!
It’s a Queens you never knew existed. But more than that, Ravenswood is the roller coaster you’ve always wanted to ride!
Available on Amazon.
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