PERFECT HOLIDAY GIFT for those you love -- which
might even be yourself! For the first time, never done
before and probably
will never be done again, a BRAND NEW (just released)
hard covered 200 page volume covering history of the
entire Rockaway
Peninsula. The author is a retired former Far Rockaway
High School instructor and administrator and he includes
over 300 color
and black and white images (pictures and postcards)
including explanatory text. This is a Limited Edition
and retails for almost
$40. For the next few months, you can order directly
from the printer (secure site) and save 25% off retail.
Click on this link and
you can take a brief preview of this new historical
picture journal. http://www.blurb.com/b/7416715-the-rockaways-in-pictures-postcards
ABOUT THE CREATOR Michael D. Morgenstern lived and worked in the
area during four decades. He attended primary
schools in Far Rockaway, Edgemere, and Arverne and
is a graduate of Far Rockaway High School. After
completing several years of employment with the Ford
Motor Company in Manhattan he accepted assignment to
Far Rockaway High School after rescinding prior
appointments to both New Utrecht and Erasmus Hall.
Having taken and passed New York City
Board-of-Education licensing exams and receiving his
credentials at the age of nineteen he faced his
first classes as a fully certified teacher even
before reaching the age of twenty-one. During his
tenure at the high school he served in various
capacities including: Director of Vocational
Guidance, Cooperative Education Coordinator,
Admissions Staff leader, Instructor of Special
Education, School Treasurer, Supervisor of Business
Subjects, and Assistant Principal. For many years he
also taught adult-evening education courses at John
Adams High School in Ozone Park, NY.