{"product_id":"brooklyns-barren-island-a-forgotten-history-9781467144315","title":"Brooklyn's Barren Island: A Forgotten History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUnbeknownst to most of the city's inhabitants, a rural community of garbage workers once existed on a now-vanished island in New York City.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarren Island was a swampy speck in Jamaica Bay where a motley group of new immigrants and African Americans quietly processed mountains of garbage and dead animals starting in the 1850s. They turned the waste into useful industrial products until their eviction by Robert Moses in 1936, all in the name of progress. Barren Islanders built businesses, fought fires, demanded a public school and worshipped at churches as they created a quintessentially American community from scratch. Author Miriam Sicherman tells the story of a Brooklyn neighborhood lost in the annals of New York City history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Miriam Sicherman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467144315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSicherman, Miriam:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Miriam Sicherman is a public elementary school teacher in New York City. She is a graduate of Oberlin College, Bank Street College of Education and Brooklyn College and lives in Brooklyn with her daughter.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45092406296691,"sku":"9781467144315","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_285f2464-e53f-4b3d-bd47-f1e08c0fd969.jpg?v=1781199901","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/brooklyns-barren-island-a-forgotten-history-9781467144315","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}