Gotham Graves Volume 1 by Joe Farrell
The Joes ventured to the Big Apple and its boroughs to visit the graves of the rich, famous, and infamous. This first volume of the Gotham Graves series focuses on those persons interred in and around New York City who were interesting figures in their times. Farrell and Farley have combed New York City to bring you the most entertaining biographies about interesting people buried in New York. Included in this volume:
- Louis Armstrong What a Wonderful World
- Anne Bancroft And Here's To You Mrs. Robinson
- Nellie Bly Lonely Orphan Girl
- James Cagney You Dirty Rat
- George M. Cohan Yankee Doodle Dandy
- Jim Farley As Maine Goes So Goes Vermont
- Ulysses Grant Uncle Sam
- Alexander Hamilton America's Financial Founder
- Billie Holiday Lady Day
- Harry Houdini Master of Illusion
- Alan King King of Comedy
- John Lennon Give Peace a Chance
- William Barclay Bat Masterson The Batman
- Gouverneur Morris The Penman of the Constitution
- Robert Moses The Master Builder
- Joseph Petrosino New York's Finest
- Grantland Rice Granny
- Jackie Robinson 42
- George Herman Babe Ruth The Sultan of Swat
- Soupy Sales A Pie in the Face
- Al Smith The Happy Warrior
- Elizabeth Stanton The Solitude of Self
- Ed Sullivan The Toast of the Town
- Dave Van Ronk The Mayor of MacDougal Street
Farley, Joe: - JOE FARLEY was born and raised in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. He was a member of the last class to graduate from Hazleton Saint Gabriel's High School where he demonstrated his academic prowess by graduating thirty-seventh in his class of forty. While attending Saint Gabriel's, Mr. Farley was the starting point guard on the school's 1970 state championship basketball team. He then attended Bloomsburg State University where, after four dimly remembered years, he graduated with a degree in education. In 1975 Mr. Farley began a 35-year career working for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. After his retirement in 2010, he began work on the Keystone Tombstone series with his co-author Joe Farrell. To date, there are thirteen volumes in that series. Farley and Farrell also authored Gotham Graves volumes one and two. Mr. Farley also penned Song Poems in Search of Music, which was released in 2014. He and his wife Sharon reside in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. They have three children.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9781620064757 |
| ISBN 10 | 1620064758 |
| Title | Gotham Graves Volume 1 |
| Author | Joe Farrell |
| Series | Gotham Graves |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sunbury Press, Inc. |
| Year published | 2021-01-19 |
| Number of pages | 308 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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