{"product_id":"rockaway-beach-vivian-rattay-carter-9780738591483","title":"Rockaway Beach","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChronicling the story of New York's beloved Rockaway Beach community and the efforts to recapture the magical success from an earlier era.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American frontier did not just consist of a prairie--it also included marshes and windswept sand dunes. When the earliest settlers arrived at Rockaway Beach on steamships in the mid-1800s, it was a narrow strip of land packed with ponds and covered with dunes. Within 30 years, the community had grown into a wildly popular resort served by a thriving rail line. Amusement parks, hotels, taverns, and dance halls abounded, as did bungalow courts and open-air tent colonies. In the 1960s, the area was disrupted by urban development efforts and transportation infrastructure had declined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, Rockaway Beach is being rediscovered by a new generation of visitors and entrepreneurs as longtime residents work simultaneously to reinvigorate it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vivian Rattay Carter\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0738591483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780738591483\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Arcadia Publishing (SC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Vivian Rattay Carter","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44071087374591,"sku":"9780738591483","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a92959de-f443-49e9-b47e-e7b276766249.jpg?v=1685434075","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rockaway-beach-vivian-rattay-carter-9780738591483","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}