Take Westchester: History Of An Iconic Suburb Prepared By Robert Marchant Expressed As E-Text

Marchant's comprehensive, elegantly written history covers the Westchester angle in the major trends and national events of the pastyears,

He also explores the county's own contributions to the rise of the suburbs, its triumphs, tragedies, controversies, quirks, and notable institutions such as Sing Sing prison and Playland amusement park.


In addition, he profiles the largerthanlife personalities who have left their marks on the county, including George Washington, Amelia Earhart, John Cheever, Donald Trump, the Clintons, the Rockefellers, and Dutch Schultz, the Prohibition era bootlegger behind a "river of beer" that ran through hoses in Yonkers' sewers.


His look at notorious crimes in the county includes theexecution that inspired my murder mystery, "The Last Hanging, "

Marchant chronicles the developments in the county, just north of New York City, in the context of the larger national and societal trends, a sophisticated approach.


But he also has an eye for the aspects that make the county unique, like its embrace of the automobile, its horse farms, its slew of rich and powerful residents, and New Rochelle's portrayal on TV's "The Dick Van Dyke Show.
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Westchester has found itself at the center of many major news events and trends, and so, Marchant's history is worth a look, even if you don't live in Westchester.
This history of Westchester County, New York, from the time of European settlement to the present, examines four centuries of development in an iconic region that became the archetypal American suburb.
Drawing on a wide range of primary sources, the author uncovers a complex and often surprising

narrative of slavery, antiSemitism, immigration, Jim Crow, silent film, suffragettes, gangland violence, political riots, eccentric millionaires, industry and aviation, manmade disasters and assassinations.
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