Oh, That's Another Story: Images and Tales of Sag Harbor
Description:
Long-time Sag Harborites writer Alexandra Eames and painter Whitney Hansen have collaborated on this eloquent portrait in words and images of the 300-year-old village of Sag Harbor, NY. From its beginnings as a leading whaling port in the nineteenth century Sag Harbor developed into an industrial center in the twentieth century. Today, the village is a center of art and literary culture for the East End of Long Island—and a major tourist destination.Sag Harbor offers an environment that is diverse, respectful of tradition, and at the same time tolerant of strangers and new ideas.Eames’s insightful interviews with dozens of old-timers combine with Hansen’s evocative paintings of the varied Sag Harbor landscape to present a unique portrait of this remarkable village.Includes more than 60 full-color paintings of Sag Harbor scenes.