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Bill Bleyer
Bill Bleyer was a prize-winning staff writer for Newsday, the Long Island daily newspaper, for thirty-three years before retiring in 2014 to write books and freelance for the newsp...view moreBill Bleyer was a prize-winning staff writer for Newsday, the Long Island daily newspaper, for thirty-three years before retiring in 2014 to write books and freelance for the newspaper and magazines. He is coauthor, with Harrison Hunt, of Long Island and the Civil War (The History Press, 2015). He is the author of Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White House (The History Press, 2015) and The Fire Island Lighthouse: Long Island's Welcoming Beacon (The History Press, 2017). The Long Island native has written extensively about history for newspapers and magazines. In 1997-98, he was one of four Newsday staff writers assigned full time to "Long Island: Our Story," a year-long daily history of Long Island that resulted in three books and filled hundreds of pages in the newspaper. His work has been published in Civil War News, Naval History, Sea History, Lighthouse Digest and numerous other magazines, as well as in the New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Toronto Star and other newspapers. Bleyer graduated Phi Beta Kappa with highest honors in economics from Hofstra University, where he has been an adjunct professor teaching journalism and economics. He earned a master's degree in urban studies at Queens College of the City University of New York. An avid sailor, diver and kayaker, he lives in Bayville, Long Island.view less
Books by Bill Bleyer
George Washington's Long Island: A History and Tour Guide Sagamore Hill: Theodore Roosevelt's Summer White House Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLong Island and the Civil War: Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties During the War Between the States Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsLong Island and the Sea: A Maritime History Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFire Island Lighthouse: Long Island's Welcoming Beacon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBoat Building and Boat Yards of Long Island: A Tribute to Tradition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings