The author is a native of Staten Island and a life long resident. His love of the Island led him to create a website called "Old Staten Island' which can be viewed at www.StatenIslandHistory.com. He is the author of "Staten Island: A Walk Down Memory Lane" and five other books about Staten Island. I want to thank all the people that purchased my books in the past few years. When I wrote them, I figured I would publish them and buy a few copies for friends and family, but they actually had an audience. I was really amazed when the holidays rolled around and people were buying my books for holid...